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The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces between Earth and the Moon have synchronized the Moon's orbital period (lunar month) with its rotation period at 29.5 Earth days, causing the same side of the Moon to always face Earth.
[6] Early nutritional scientists such as the German Carl von Voit believed that protein was the most important nutrient for maintaining the structure of the body, because it was generally believed that "flesh makes flesh." [8] Around 1862, Karl Heinrich Ritthausen isolated the amino acid glutamic acid. [9]
The model shows a steady increase of the mean solar day by 1.70 ms (±0.05 ms) per century, plus a periodic shift of about 4 ms amplitude and period of about 1,500 yr. [17] Over the last few centuries, rate of lengthening of the mean solar day has been about 1.4 ms per century, being the sum of the periodic component and the overall rate.
Most standard size SD cards are 2.1 mm (0.083 inches) [58] thick, with microSD versions being 1.0 mm (0.039 inches) [58] thick, compared to 1.4 mm (0.055 inches) for MMCs. The SD specification defines a card called Thin SD with a thickness of 1.4 mm, [ citation needed ] but they occur only rarely, as the SDA went on to define even smaller form ...
C++11 (14882:2011) included many additions to both the core language and the standard library. [43] In 2014, C++14 (also known as C++1y) was released as a small extension to C++11, featuring mainly bug fixes and small improvements. [48] The Draft International Standard ballot procedures completed in mid-August 2014. [49]
In sub-Saharan Africa between 2007 and 2009, between 30% and 70% of the population were aware of their HIV status. [114] In 2009, between 3.6% and 42% of men and women in sub-Saharan countries were tested; [114] this represented a significant increase compared to previous years. [114]
For instance, one survey shows there is 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) gap between the tallest state and the shortest state in Germany. [6] Under such circumstances, the mean height may not represent the total population unless sample subjects are appropriately taken from all regions with using weighted average of the different regional groups.