Sentences with phrase «inferred mass»

We designate the planet TrES - 1; its inferred mass is 0.75 + / - 0.07 Jupiter masses, its radius is 1.08 (+0.18 / -0.04) Jupiter radii, and its orbital period is 3.030065 + / - 0.000008 days.

We designate the planet TrES - 1; its inferred mass is 0.75 +... ▽ More We report the detection of a transiting Jupiter - sized planet orbiting a relatively bright (V = 11.79) K0V star.

The motion of S2, Gillessen says, gives an outer boundary to the central object, which, combined with its inferred mass, helps prove that it is a black hole.

The inferred mass is so slight, however, that neutrinos can not account for all dark matter.

Quantum flux requires inferred mass and is dependent upon weak force.

The inferred masses of the two black holes are also revealing.

The inferred masses of the companions (~ 10 - 100 Mjup) are highly sensitive to the ages of the primary stars so we critically examine the kinematic and spectroscopic properties of each system to distinguish bona fide YMG members from old field interlopers.

The inferred masses of the companions (~ 10 - 100 Mjup) are highly sensitive to the ages of the primary stars so we criticall... ▽ More We present optical and near - infrared adaptive optics (AO) imaging and spectroscopy of 13 ultracool (> M6) companions to late - type stars (K7 - M 4.5), most of which have recently been identified as candidate members of nearby young moving groups (YMGs; 8 - 120 Myr) in the literature.

Not exact matches

Interestingly, stable particles that might be produced at the LHC should have about the right mass and interaction strength to match the inferred properties of dark matter.

Based on experimentally derived estimates of body mass from the Ileret hominin tracks, the researchers have also inferred the sexes of the multiple individuals who walked across footprint surfaces and, for the two most expansive excavated surfaces, developed hypotheses regarding the structure of these H. erectus groups.

If that model is wrong, so is the ice mass change inferred from GRACE,» he explained.

Kr / Kc but not dN / dS correlates positively with body mass in birds, raising implications for inferring lineage - specific selection

Like the inferred lakes on Europa, Vostok lies some two miles under a shell of surface ice and remains liquid due to the crushing pressure of that overlying mass.

Neutrinos therefore represent a unique window into an otherwise invisible universe, even offering clues about the missing mass called dark matter, whose presence can be inferred only by its gravitational influence on stars and galaxies.

We can infer a surprising amount of information from the size, mass and moment of inertia of the planets, all of which can be determined from routine astronomical observations.

So, inferring the ice mass change from the total mass change requires a model of all the mass flows within Earth.

Two teams of astronomers used the light's changing wavelength to calculate the speed at which the stars wobbles; from this speed, they inferred the planet's mass and, using previously published size measurements, calculated its density.

u «The masses of these early black holes are inferred from their [quasar] luminosities to be > 109 solar masses, which is a difficult theoretical challenge [for the big bang theory] to explain.»

«This galaxy is exciting because the team infers a very low stellar mass, or only one percent of one percent of the Milky Way galaxy,» Kassis said.

The mass distribution inferred from the kinematics is slightly more extended than, though not strongly inconsistent with, the luminosity distribution.

Properties of such air showers are used to infer the energy, direction, and mass of the cosmic particles.

The presence of a second, non-transiting planet was inferred from the transit time variations (TTVs) of Kepler - 19b, over 8 quarters of Kepler photometry, although neither mass nor period could be determined.

We do not know the structure of the proposed pregnane, and many possible structures are consistent with the exact mass and chemical formula we infer from it.

Masses of the resulting fragments are measured, and computer algorithms match the results with known or predicted molecules whose amino acid sequences are either known or inferred.

The inferred source of both events is the coalescence of a stellar mass binary black hole system at cosmological distances.

Their relative velocities, as inferred by the redshifts of their light, are so high that these clusters should be flying apart, because each cluster's visible mass is much too small to hold its galaxies together gravitationally.a Because galaxies within clusters are so close together, they have not been flying apart for very long.

Mitrovica, J. X., Tamisiea, M. E., Davis, J. L. & Milne, G. A. Recent mass balance of polar ice sheets inferred from patterns of global sea - level change.

From a transit - based estimate of the host star's mean density, combined with analysis of high - resolution spectra, we infer that the host star is near turnoff from the main sequence, with estimated mass and radius of 1.223 (+0.053 -0.091) solar masses and 1.487 (+0.071 -0.084) solar radii.

The planet's mass and diameter are consistent with the hypothesis that it has a low average density due to an inferred composition of three - fourths water (possibly 47 percent) and other ices (that have subliminated into a «supercritical fluid» above an «electronically conductive,» dense fluid plasma below a steamy atmosphere) and one - fourth rock and iron in the core.

Combining observations from Kepler and the Keck Observatory, the team was able to infer the planets» sizes and masses.

Abstract: Based on more than four weeks of continuous high cadence photometric monitoring of several hundred members of the young cluster NGC 2264 with two space telescopes, NASA's Spitzer and the CNES CoRoT (Convection, Rotation, and planetary Transits), we provide high quality, multi-wavelength light curves for young stellar objects (YSOs) whose optical variability is dominated by short duration flux burs... ▽ More Based on more than four weeks of continuous high cadence photometric monitoring of several hundred members of the young cluster NGC 2264 with two space telescopes, NASA's Spitzer and the CNES CoRoT (Convection, Rotation, and planetary Transits), we provide high quality, multi-wavelength light curves for young stellar objects (YSOs) whose optical variability is dominated by short duration flux bursts, which we infer are due to enhanced mass accretion rates.

However, spectroscopy should be able to estimate stellar masses, which for red giants directly infer ages provided their chemical composition is known.

By dispersing the starlight, the spectrographs allowed the researchers to measure the physical properties of a star — such as mass, radius and temperature — and infer the properties of any planets orbiting it.

We infer this based on our current understanding of massive - star winds (which drive mass loss) and their dependence on metallicity: had the environment been high - metallicity, it is unlikely that such large black holes would have been able to form.

In the absence of mass air flow, it is plausible to use TPS signal to infer engine load.

Just thinking out loud (and I only know enough to be dangerous;), but with IR radiation mapping during winter, one might be able to infer a sub-surface temperature profile and compare that with mass loss and ice sheet thickness.

To infer the ice sheet's mass, the team measured ice flowing out of Antarctica's drainage basins over 85 percent of its coastline.

Our recently published Nature paper (King et al, 2012), used GRACE gravity data to infer Antarctic ice mass trends as in previous work, but with an updated estimate of the GIA correction.

If I may be permitted to fight sarcasm with sarcasm, do you infer from this, Latimer, that Earth has never experienced mass extinctions, and will live in harmony with nature and the solar system, with a miraculously balanced energy budget, for ever and ever?

Should thank Fan for bringing up ice - mass loss «inferred» from gravimetric interferometry.

GRACE interferometry is sufficiently sensitive that many skeptics (angech for example) believes that ice - mass loss inferred from gravimetric interferometry can't be real!

Finally, we use the in situ estimates of CO2ff mole fraction to infer total fossil fuel CO2 emissions from the Sacramento region, using a mass balance approach.

The result is an inferred value that can not be directly measured (like the mass of a galaxy, or the mass content of the universe)..

We improved upon this approach by measuring δ18O values in the cellulose of mosses to infer the δ18O signature of the source water using a Finnigan MAT Delta Plus XL mass spectrometer (Data Repository).

For more than 25 years, ocean anoxia has been invoked a major cause of the Late Permian mass extinction event, and it is also inferred to have been a key control on the patterns and duration of biosphere recovery.

But we can infer the sign and (rough) magnitude of the present and past (integrated) TOA imbalance from the combined effect on ocean heat content and the mass of the land based cryosphere.