Sentences with phrase «largest moon in»

It also will eventually orbit Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system.
Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system, after Jupiter's moon Ganymede, and it's sometimes called a planet - like moon: It's the only other world in our neighborhood to feature stable bodies of liquid on its surface, and it has a thick atmosphere made mostly of nitrogen.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft did a fly - by of Jupiter's second largest moon in 1996 and 1997 and found that Callisto's magnetic field varied, indicating currents.
ESA's probe would settle into orbit around Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system and the only one known to make its own magnetic field.
The largest of Jupiter's 39 moons and the largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede is the only planetary satellite known to have patches of grooved terrain that resemble formations on Earth.
Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system and the only moon with its own magnetic field.
The Dragonfly mission would launch a drone - like craft to Saturn's largest moon in 2025 that would land in 2034.
All 27 of Uranus» moons have been given names from the works of William Shakespeare as well as Alexander Pope and the name Titania was attributed to its largest moon, which also happens to be the eight largest moon in our solar system.

Not exact matches

And yet Ceres — the largest object in the asteroid belt — is less than one - tenth of a percent the size of Earth and less than 2 % the size of the moon:
A red moon, which could also happen in other months, tends to occur when the moon is low in the sky or when there is a large amount of dust in the air.
Each November in the days following the light of a full moon, coral colonies across the reef — spanning an area larger than the state of New Mexico — release millions of egg and sperm sacs within nearly minutes of one another.
This year, you need at least $ 201.3 billion in assets to join the club, a sum so large that, if converted into $ 100 bills laid end to end, would reach the moon (with several thousand miles left over to check out the view).
A third, larger spacecraft in 2020 is to gather samples and then bring them back to Earth, the first haul of moon rocks since a Soviet robotic probe's return in 1976.
In both of those scenarios, the airdrop did its job for a small price (well, potentially a larger price if it moons).
Newton's laws do not have capacity or pretense to apply geometrical or inverse relationships to the power of God in effecting the natural, specifically any large body such as sun and moon (The Principia deals primarily with massive bodies in motion).
In the murky light of the moon, Schweitzer discerned two large bulks floating in the water ahead: two murderous, unpredictable hippos, «glaring at me,» not 15 feet awaIn the murky light of the moon, Schweitzer discerned two large bulks floating in the water ahead: two murderous, unpredictable hippos, «glaring at me,» not 15 feet awain the water ahead: two murderous, unpredictable hippos, «glaring at me,» not 15 feet away.
Large amounts of phosphorus could be from the moon impacting (moon surface = KREEP (potassium, rare earth elements, phosphorus)-RRB- Even in their picture showing meteorites landing on molten surface (lol) shows a glowing molten moon — they ignore the big blob in the sky and say «meteorites» instead of «ejecta» — they should be put up against a wall and shot with silly string and cast out into the outer darkness of unemployment to wail and gnash their rotting teeth.
since the Sun is the biggest object in our solar system, it makes sense that it would have the strongest gravitational pull, just as it makes sense that we weigh less / have less gravity on the moon since it is not as large or as dense as the Earth.
I need not discuss this: everyone knows about the Syrian from Palestine, the adept in it, how many he takes in hand who fall down in the light of the moon and roll their eyes and fill their mouths with foam; nevertheless, he restores them to health and sends them away normal in mind, delivering them from their straits for a large fee.
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2 cups pineapple cut into small chunky wedges 1/2 small red onion thinly sliced in half moons 1 - 2 habaneros finely chopped 5 - 6 sprigs of mint, use just the leaves and torn with your fingers 3 - 4 good drizzles of a grassy and peppery Extra Virgin Olive Oil the juice of one large lime the juice of half an orange Sea Salt and black pepper to taste
Chickpea and chorizo warm salad own creation, inspired by several recipes 1 teaspoon olive oil 70g diced chorizo 1/2 large onion, thinly sliced in half - moons 2 garlic cloves, minced 200g cooked chickpeas, rinsed and drained salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons sherry handful of fresh parsley leaves Heat the oil in a large nonstick frying pan over high heat.
3 pounds sirloin tip roast (bound) or eye of round roast (bound) 1 package (9 ounces) of McCormick's liquid Pot Roast with Caramelized Onion & Black Pepper seasoning 1 packet of dry Italian dressing mix 1 large onion, sliced in half moons 1 cup water
Lentil soup with crispy salami own recipe 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 leeks, sliced in half lenghtwise for easier washing, then sliced in half moons 1/2 onion, finely diced 1 small carrot, finely diced 1 large garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 cup (200g / 7oz) dried green lentils, soaked in cold water for 20 minutes before cooking, then drained and rinsed 3 cups (720 ml) vegetable stock, hot 2 cups (480 ml) boiling water 2 bay leaves handful of fresh oregano leaves salt and freshly ground black pepper 100g (3 1/2 oz) salami slices — if they are too large, cut them in half In a large saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oiin half lenghtwise for easier washing, then sliced in half moons 1/2 onion, finely diced 1 small carrot, finely diced 1 large garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 cup (200g / 7oz) dried green lentils, soaked in cold water for 20 minutes before cooking, then drained and rinsed 3 cups (720 ml) vegetable stock, hot 2 cups (480 ml) boiling water 2 bay leaves handful of fresh oregano leaves salt and freshly ground black pepper 100g (3 1/2 oz) salami slices — if they are too large, cut them in half In a large saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oiin half moons 1/2 onion, finely diced 1 small carrot, finely diced 1 large garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 cup (200g / 7oz) dried green lentils, soaked in cold water for 20 minutes before cooking, then drained and rinsed 3 cups (720 ml) vegetable stock, hot 2 cups (480 ml) boiling water 2 bay leaves handful of fresh oregano leaves salt and freshly ground black pepper 100g (3 1/2 oz) salami slices — if they are too large, cut them in half In a large saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oiin cold water for 20 minutes before cooking, then drained and rinsed 3 cups (720 ml) vegetable stock, hot 2 cups (480 ml) boiling water 2 bay leaves handful of fresh oregano leaves salt and freshly ground black pepper 100g (3 1/2 oz) salami slices — if they are too large, cut them in half In a large saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oiin half In a large saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oiIn a large saucepan over medium heat, heat the olive oil.
Marinade: 3/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (or white vinegar) 1/4 cup olive oil 4 large cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup chopped cilantro 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon ground chile powder (I used ancho) 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (optional) 2 limes, sliced into half - moons 1 jalapeño, stem removed, sliced in half
Slings are also available for immediate shipment in the «Large» size in our three most popular fabrics (Chambray, Stars and Moon, and Navy).
Io, a name used for the largest moon of Jupiter, was in classic myth raped by Zeus and escaped from him by changing herself into a cow.
In fact, this year's above - average temperatures have drawn an exceptionally large crowd to Seascape, the Park District water park that opened earlier this year near Volid Drive and Moon Lake Boulevard.
Spectators in the Southern Tier enjoy the Supermoon, the largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades.
Pluto's largest moon, long seen as mysterious smudge at the outer reaches of our solar system, was revealed in 2015 closeup images to be pocked with craters, mountains and steep - sided depressions called chasmas.
But Hayes presented newly analyzed data from August 2014, when Cassini looked at Kraken Mare, the moon's largest northern sea, in radar and infrared wavelengths within two hours of each other.
Many scientists think these permanently shadowed regions, such as the floors on impact craters in the Moon's polar regions, could hold large deposits or water ice.
When the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in Cerro Pachón, Chile, aims its 3.2 - billion - pixel digital camera (the world's largest) at the night sky in 2019, it will capture an area 49 times as large as the moon in each 15 - second exposure, 2,000 times a nLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in Cerro Pachón, Chile, aims its 3.2 - billion - pixel digital camera (the world's largest) at the night sky in 2019, it will capture an area 49 times as large as the moon in each 15 - second exposure, 2,000 times a nlarge as the moon in each 15 - second exposure, 2,000 times a night.
Washington State University researchers are working with NASA to determine how a submarine might work on Titan, the largest of Saturn's many moons and the second largest in the solar system.
In December, astronomers announced hints of watery plumes spurting from Jupiter's large moon Europa, potentially giving us a peek into a vast ocean likely to exist beneath its ice.
And as the centerpiece of your adventure, travel to our special viewing site in the foothills of the Andes — close to four of the world's largest telescopes — to stand for 2 minutes and 15 seconds in the shadow of the Moon.
The study, published in the June 4 issue of the journal Nature, describes a system dominated by Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, which together form a «binary planet.»
The same effect can be seen in three of Jupiter's large moons.
As the ring system spits out moonlet after moonlet, the small objects merge to form larger moons, which may merge in turn as they spiral outward from the planet.
But this time, instead of the Sun, the larger object is the Moon: Occasionally, the two line up in the sky providing us with this amazing view of objects that are actually separated by tens of millions of kilometers.
To find out, Jian Ge of the University of Florida in Gainesville and colleagues built a computer simulation of the system, which showed that moon - sized protoplanets — the precursors to larger worlds — could indeed form after about a million years.
Its gravitational tug pushes and pulls large bodies of water, and when the moon is full, it's also at a position in its monthly orbit to be at its strongest.
The new hypothesis seems to explain a key commonality among the regular satellites of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — namely, that moons farther from their respective planet tend to have larger masses than their closer - in neighbors.
Images taken with a telephoto - lens camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity catch the larger of Mars» two moons, Phobos, passing directly in front of the sun — the sharpest images of a solar eclipse ever taken at Mars.
The moonlets could disperse the icy chunks in the middle A ring as they break up there under the gravitational influence of Saturn and its larger moons.
Researchers from Brown University and the University of Hawaii have found some mineralogical surprises in the Moon's largest impact crater.
A massive impact on the Moon about 4 billion years ago left a 2,500 - mile crater, among the largest known craters in the solar system.
Q7 Pluto's large moon, Charon, was briefly considered for planetary status in 2006, before Pluto itself was relegated to dwarf planet.
In the MESSENGER image, Earth and the moon are less than a pixel, but appear very large because they are overexposed.
This panorama was captured in 2005 as the Huygens probe plummeted through the thick nitrogen atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
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