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... to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Polish physician, economist, statesman, and astronomer Nicholas Copernicus . Copernicus, born in 1473, taught that the sun was the center of the solar system. The ...

... /78, 4) GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC reported that, after a 2mo search, its Copernicus 'satellite had located what might be a second invisible "black hole" in the universe. ... Participants represented agencies implementing or planning facilities to use Landsat image data. Developed by Dr. Nicholas Short, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC training officer, and Henry Robinson of CSC, the ...

... lunar crater Copernicus, ARC scientists Ronald Greeley and Donald E. Gault reported in Science. Similarities suggested Copernicus craters had origin similar to basalt collapse craters. Scientists suggested that interior terraces of Copernicus were lava flows through fractures during post impact adjustments after formation of Copernicus. ''(Science, 2 ...

... Gordon R. Hooper 30 - Satellite Digest - 150 Robert D. Christy 32 - The NOAA Environmental Satellites Nicholas Steggall 34 - Society News 36 - Society Meetings 39 - Book Reviews 41 - Correspondence 44 - '''Volume 24 ... . Griffith 278 - Satellite Digest - 155 Robert D. Christy 282 - Japan's Geostationary Meteorological Satellite System Nicholas Steggall 283 - Society News 285 - Society Meetings 286 - Book Reviews 287 - Correspondence 288 - '''Volume 24 ...

... Polish People's Re­public, launched Intercosmos Copernicus 500 from Kapustin Yar to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Polish scientist Nicolaus Copernicus . The satellite entered orbit with a ... , 199-km (123.7-mi) perigee, 102.1-min period, and 48.4° inclina­tion. Copernicus 500-built by Soviet and Polish scientists and carrying Soviet, Polish, and Czechoslovakian instruments-measured ...

... an eight-cent stamp commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus . First-day ceremonies, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, were held ... . The first-day flight cover featured a photo of Orbiting Astronomy Satellite OAO 3, named Copernicus and launched by NASA Aug. 21, 1972. ''(uses Philatelic Release 8; Flight cover)'' Exclusive astronaut ...

... the motions of the planets as seen from Earth. In 1543, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) broke with Ptolemy’s theory and advocated a ''heliocentric '' (“Sun-centered”) model of ... patterns, with emphasis on trying to mathematically explain the orbit of the planet Mars. Like Copernicus before him, Kepler originally believed the orbits of the planets to be perfect circles, again ...

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