Sentences with phrase «lunar months from»

The current Jewish calendar, counting solar years made up of lunar months from a supposed date for the creation, reckons that the year 5761 began on Rosh Hashanah (September 11 - 12).

Not exact matches

It was lunar with a fall new year but intercalated the 13th month differently from the Jews, so the months did not always line up.

Last month the government banned four scientists — including former ISRO head G. Madhavan Nair, who oversaw India's successful Chandrayaan - 1 lunar probe in 2008 — from holding a government position for the rest of their lives.

For example, when the lunar orbiter PFS - 2 was released from Apollo 16 in 1972 it was expected to stay in orbit for 18 months, but these perturbations caused it to crash onto the lunar surface after only 34 days.

The crude lunar map he sketched from his observations dates him as the earliest person known to have used a telescope to study a celestial object, beating Galileo Galilei by nearly four months.

Sponsored by the two organizations, the HDTV - equipped spacecraft Kaguya entered lunar orbit last month and went on to shoot a combined eight minutes of crisp video (available here) from a distance of around 60 miles (100 kilometers), offering a panoramic view of the moon's northern topography.

WHY: To measure the density and composition of lunar dust and see how it varies from month to month WHEN: May 1, 2012

If everything else goes well — including a lunar flyby in May researchers will start getting results from the planet - hunting telescope in a few months, after it reaches its final orbit in June.

LADEE is (the name is short for Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer andpronounced «laddie») is an 844 - pound (383 kilograms) spacecraft that launched from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 7 and arrived in orbit around the moon last month.

looking very Lunar New Year appropriate, Izzie:) two months off from blogging sounds like a really good time to step back and re-evaluate your priorities I hope everything works out great in your life < 3 The Sweetest Escape

Read about some of the highlights we have planned for the month, including a multi-service Spay Day and adoption event on February 19, in partnership with the ASPCA and The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), exciting activities around the television premiere of Doggie Moms on NYC life (Channel 25) on February 16, and house rabbits for adoption from Rabbit Rescue & Rehab appearing in the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade on February 6.

During the tenth month of the Japanese lunar calendar, the Shinto gods are absent from their usual spots around Japan — which is reflected in the month's name «Kannazuki».

In the latest study, researchers explored a variety of marime Arctic habitats — fjord, shelf, slope, and open sea — during winter months and found the same behaviors among all inhabitants: they had shifted their activities from following the 24 - hour solar day to following the 24.8 - hour lunar day.