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  2. Elongation (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    The greatest elongation of a given inferior planet occurs when this planet's position, in its orbital path around the Sun, is at tangent to the observer on Earth. Since an inferior planet is well within the area of Earth's orbit around the Sun, observation of its elongation should not pose that much a challenge (compared to deep-sky objects, for example).

  3. Convergent extension - Wikipedia

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    Elongation continues through the neurula and tailbud stages…As these involuted dorsal mesodermal tissues converge and extend on the inside of the gastrula, the presumptive posterior neural tissue converges and extends on the outside of the embryo, parallel to the underlying mesoderm, and then rolls up to form the neural tube, which later ...

  4. Elongation - Wikipedia

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    Elongation may refer to: Elongation (astronomy) Elongation (geometry) Elongation (plasma physics) Part of transcription of DNA into RNA of all types, including mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, etc. Part of translation (biology) of mRNA into proteins; Elongated organisms; Elongation (mechanics), linear deformation

  5. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Wikipedia

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a popular introduction to the main concepts and issues of modern astrophysics.The author explains the origin and structure of the Universe, the force of gravity, light, dark matter and dark energy, about our place in the Cosmos and how we try to understand its laws.

  6. Free streaming - Wikipedia

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    Diagram with blue circle representing the cosmic microwave background surface which the observer (at centre, at present time) observes at the time of last scattering.The yellow lines describe how photons were scattered before the epoch of recombination and were free-streaming after.

  7. Astronomical coordinate systems - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, coordinate systems are used for specifying positions of celestial objects (satellites, planets, stars, galaxies, etc.) relative to a given reference frame, based on physical reference points available to a situated observer (e.g. the true horizon and north to an observer on Earth's surface). [1]

  8. Euler's three-body problem - Wikipedia

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    The problem of two fixed centers conserves energy; in other words, the total energy is a constant of motion.The potential energy is given by =where represents the particle's position, and and are the distances between the particle and the centers of force; and are constants that measure the strength of the first and second forces, respectively.

  9. List of common astronomy symbols - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a compilation of symbols commonly used in astronomy, particularly professional astronomy. ... in pc = parsec; d - in kpc ...