Sentences with phrase «eclipse predictions»

Although these small time shifts are important for scientists to consider over geologic timescales, eclipse predictions are still pretty good in the short term.

Other recipients at the 12th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards included Doug Hall for Crazy Heart in the «Contemporary» section, eclipsing our prediction Marina Draghici for Precious, which is unfortunately off the Academy's list on March 7th as well.

Not exact matches

Predictions: Barcelona are back in the hunt for another treble after eclipsing PSG in historic 6 - 1 win at Camp Nou and a win against Deportivo will put them in good position in the league heading business end of the season.

They are creating their own collective bank, have appointed think tanks and established research hubs — all activities which precipitate the prediction that BRICS nations will eclipse the power and influence of the G7 summit over the next decade.

And his assessment of two other cycles concludes «that none of those conjectures can be regarded as serious explanations of the problematic prediction of Thales: in addition to requiring the existence of long and precise eclipse records... both cycles that have been examined overlook a number of eclipses which match the visibility criteria and, consequently, the patterns suggested seem to disappear.»

For now, though, superstring theory lacks the sort of dramatic demonstration that propels radical theories into prominence, such as Einstein's famous precise prediction of how much starlight would be deflected when passing by the sun as measured during a solar eclipse.

In the late nineteenth century astronomers struggled to tease out a tiny anomaly in the orbit of Mercury — an aberration that would never affect a calendar or the prediction of an eclipse.

Specifically, eclipsing binary stars can be used to study the stellar mass - radius relationship and to test predictions of theoretical stellar evolution models.

Potential topics include: (1) Advanced numerical modelling of magnetic flux tubes / loops in the low solar atmosphere (2) Forward modelling of spectroscopic and narrowband EUV observations of the low solar atmosphere, (3) Solar Rotational Tomography of EUV and / or coronagraph coronal observations, (4) Automated detection and prediction of coronal mass ejections, (5) Analysis of solar wind turbulence observations by in situ spacecraft, (6) Eclipse instrumentation, observations and data analysis.

The historical record shows that Thales's prediction only worked one time though because there are no other accounts of anyone successfully predicting an eclipse until Ptolemy used Euclidean geometry in 150 CE.

BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS: How Deep Will The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Sink Its Fangs Into the Holiday Box Office?

This prediction will puzzle, upset, and maybe infuriate a great many readers — and, of course, it could turn out to be wrong — but enough clues, tips, tidbits, and intuitions have converged in recent weeks that I feel obligated to make it: I expect that PARCC and Smarter Balanced (the two federally subsidized consortia of states that are developing new assessments meant to be aligned with Common Core standards) will fade away, eclipsed and supplanted by long - established yet fleet - footed testing firms that already possess the infrastructure, relationships, and durability that give them huge advantages in the competition for state and district business.

Too many people think of climate science as an exact science like astronomy that can make highly confident predictions, such as about lunar eclipses.

During the eclipse, scientists positioned off the coast of Brazil and on an island off the west coast of Africa examined the position of the stars in the sky and determined that predictions based on Einstein's theory were correct.