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... probably come from the same debris that earth did, reported Kitt Peak astronomers Michael J.S. Belton and Bethanne Hayes. Using the observatory's just-over-400cm telescope, world's sec- and largest ... -like bodies, not big balls of gas, Dr. Belton said. Using a smaller telescope at Kitt Peak , a separate 4-member team of scientists had reported the first observation of weather patterns ...

... regions of Milky Way was made by scientists of Bell Telephone Laboratories using National Radio Astronomy Observatory telescope at Kitt Peak, Ariz. Carbon monoxide was sixth molecular substance identified in outer space. NSF later ... displayed at Wallops Station during two-day joint Federal activities including Assateague National Seashore Park, Chincoteague Coast Guard Station, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, and ESSA exhibits and tours. ''(WS Release 70-6 ...

... first spacecraft with throttleable engines. After removal from the test stand at the National Space Technology Laboratories, the engines had undergone modifications for more firings later in 1978 ... for 3yr using radiotelescopes at the Natl. Radio Astronomy Observatory at Greenbank, W. Va., Kitt Peak near Tucson, Ariz., and the Haystack observatory in Westford, Mass. "Methane now appears to be ...

... full-pressure pilot suit for use by pilots of the X-15 . The National Science Foundation sited a national observatory on Kitt Peak, Ariz., 40 miles southwest of Tucson, for construction of a 36-inch ... the year, as compared to 884,000 sea passengers. During summer: Under joint sponsorship of National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research, Princeton University scientists successfully photographed sunspots with ...

... universe. The researchers had used the Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory in California and the National Science Foundation's Mayall Telescope in Kitt Peak , Arizona, to find an ancient quasar. By measuring the quasar ... , U.S. Air Force General Ralph E. Eberhart succeeded General Richard B. Myers as the nation's top military space official, overseeing the U.S. Space Command, the U.S. Air ...

Robert Brown and Paul A. Vanden Bout, astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia, using the 12-meter telescope on Kitt Peak , Arizona, in July discovered carbon monoxide in a strange ...

... rays and "pinpointed the position of the rays' source." The United States' Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite had also detected the gamma-ray pulse, and scientific institutions around the world had ... . Thorstensen of Dartmouth College had used a 94-inch-diameter (49-centimeter-diameter) telescope at Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona to detect a visible afterglow, which lasted for about two weeks. After the ...

... of the gas using the Celeste spectrometer mounted on the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope on Kitt Peak in Arizona. The team still is exploring the origin of the ethylene, but has ruled ... of government sparking the engine of American innovation and prosperity through competition while keeping our nation on the cutting edge of advanced robotics technology. Teams from academia, industry and even citizen ...

... , Dec 2/92, Dec 3/92; UPI, Dec 3/92) Astronomers associated with several major observatories in the United States raised concerns anew about light pollution from cities and highways. Astronomers ... heavenly views. Efforts to curb excessive light pollution have improved astronomical viewing at such major observatories as Kitt Peak in Arizona. (W Times, Dec 2/92) At the annual meeting of the American ...

... by the end of 1976, compared with 925 000 at the start of the year. Peak employment in the industry was 1 500 000 in 1968. The predicted decline, amounting to ... , 2 scientists from the University of Arizona said. The National Science Foundation, which funded the research using the 2.3m telescope at Kitt Peak, announced the discovery as the most solid evidence to ...

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