Sentences with phrase «discovery of a large body»

The sea is just 5 ° north of the Martian equator and would be the first discovery of a large body of water beyond the planet's polar ice caps.

Not exact matches

Regardless of the feathers» function, the researchers say, the new discovery reveals that a drastic reduction in plumage wasn't an inevitable consequence of very large body size.

In July astronomer Mike Brown of Caltech announced the discovery of UB313, a body larger than Pluto, orbiting at about three times Pluto's distance from the sun.

Returning to Sydney, Wilkes announced his discovery, in the following words, in a report to the Secretary of the Navy, dated March 11th, 1840: «It affords me much gratification to report that we have discovered a large body of land within the Antarctic Circle, which I have named the Antarctic Continent, and refer you to the report of our cruise and accompanying charts, enclosed herewith, for full information relative thereto.»

Since that discovery hundreds of large objects, most more than 100 kilometers in diameter, have been spotted in the Kuiper Belt, including some of the roughly Pluto - size bodies that spurred a redefinition of the word «planet» and relegated Pluto to dwarf status.

Although scientists suspect that the extended atmospheres of young giant planets can capture passing bodies, «the origin of these moons is still a mystery,» says Luu, who was not a member of the discovery team, «But [the large number of moons] is an important clue that tells us the process must have been very efficient,» says Luu.

The researchers said the discovery means modern vertebrates originated in a world that was already populated by small and large - bodied physical extremes, in terms of how animals physically adapted to their environment.

The discovery could lead to a large range of real - world applications, including low - energy water harvesting and purification for the developing world, and fabric that automatically pulls sweat away from the body and releases it as a vapor.

His work led to the discovery of the biochemical reasons why dairy cattle are so efficient in gaining body growth in late lactation and simultaneously producing large quantities of milk.

In 2006, with the discovery of several other rocky bodies similar in size or larger than Pluto, the IAU decided to re-classify Pluto as a dwarf planet.

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