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    with biomass. Let’s start with discussing solar power. Solar power is power from the sun. We can use this energy for many things, including warming water, making electricity, and heating homes. Solar energy is good because it is clean and renewable energy. Also, as long as the sun shines, we will never run out of solar energy. Solar energy has been used since the 1500 's. Leonardo De Vinci used mirrors to use the sun 's power and heat water. Variations of that were used after that, but it wasn…

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    Voyager 1 Essay

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    1 reached the planetary system ahead than the Voyager 2 so due to the difference in time of the data taken and the position where data is taken, the data are different from the two voyagers which is helping to better understand the factors such as solar wind, plasma velocity and many more. This literature review mainly focuses on the data sent by the Voyagers, their implications and some differences in the data as mentioned by the authors who have worked in this field already. The article are…

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    (Kay, 2013, p. 216). The reason that terrestrial planets are grouped separately from the rest of the solar system is because they are all structured very similarly and all have surfaces most like that of the planet Earth. Another aspect that separates these four planets from all others is the fact that they are all located the closest to the Sun. Terrestrial planets can be easily identified in the solar system because they are much smaller in size compared to the planets around them. Scientists…

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    Nereid Essay

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    mass of Triton, and refer to the radius vectors of Triton and Nereid respectively and . In spite of the fact that Nereid is classified as a distant satellite, the evolution of its orbit is presented as regular enough with practically secular variations of pericentric argument and node longitude, and with a conditionally periodic change of eccentricity and ecliptic inclinations.…

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    The inner solar system planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are fascinating because they orbit closest to the sun. In fact, a human could possibly stand on the four inner planets, unlike the four outer planets that are made of gas. Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars provide crucial information for researchers who need additional information about the four inner planets. I chose this topic because I thought it would be facilitating to learn about a different world, and how they are similar, yet…

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    Uranus: The Ice Giant

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    planet in our solar system and spins on its side. It 20 year long seasons because of its unusual orientation, the planet experiences extreme variations in sunlight during each 20 year long seasons. Uranus also has 13 rings that are fainted. All except two Uranian are extremely narrow – they are usually a few kilometers wide. It is believed that the rings are probably quite young. The matter within the rings…

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    Planets and moons within the solar system are different in terms of composition, geologic activity, interior structure, magnetic field, and atmospheres. We can deduce each of these properties through routine astronomical observations, spectroscopic/remote observations, laws of physics, solar system modeling as well as direct sampling. Given that many economists and government officials object to using our resources to visit other objects physically, by studying our solar system we will continue…

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    Sio2 Case Study

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    SiO2 is the material that is commonly used as an anti-reflection coating for the solar cells. It is well known and was investigated in the path. In this thesis it is regarded, as one of the possible methods to improve the performance just by adding anti-reflection layer. For the SHJ solar cell additional layer of such material at the top of the structure may enhance the efficiency of the device. The main idea is to apply at the top of the flat structure the layer of etched SiO2, which can form…

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    IRIS Case Study

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    in June of 2013, NASA launched the IRIS solar observatory. IRIS, short for Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, was launched to use imaging spectrography on the Sun. NASA’s goal was to determine “how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through a little-understood region in the sun 's lower atmosphere. This interface region between the Sun 's photosphere and corona powers its dynamic million-degree atmosphere and drives the solar wind.” (IRIS mission overview) This…

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    Saturn Research Paper

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    Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet in the solar system. Saturn is the farthest planet from Earth and not visible to the naked human eye, but it is through a telescope that the planet’s most outstanding features can be seen: Saturn’s rings. Although the other gas giants in the solar system, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, also have rings, those of Saturn are without a doubt the most extraordinary. Saturn is a gas giant made up of mostly hydrogen and helium gas,…

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