Sentences with phrase «positions near the sun»

Einstein's theory states that time and space are not absolute but relative: time runs faster in high altitudes but slower at fast velocities, as can be measured in the mountains or with satellite clocks; and space can be curved by the gravity of large masses, as was proven in the 1919 solar eclipse when star positions near the Sun seemed to have «shifted», but in reality only the light rays had been curved by the Sun's mass.

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You can recline the supportive padded seats to a near flat position and also adjust, individually the sun canopies.

The seat can recline to different positions, including a near flat position, and has an excellent sun canopy with a peek - a-boo window.

- Unique technology lets you fold it with 1 hand - Adjustable handlebar for parents of all heights - Padded seat reclines to near - flat position - Very large UV 50 + sun canopy

This was first confirmed during a solar eclipse in 1919 by a team led by the British astronomer Arthur Eddington; the scientists observed that stars near the limb of the Sun were shifted in position by the Sun's gravity.

«It gets Newton's First Law,» Nemenman says, «the fact that in order to predict the possible trajectory of a planet, whether it stays near the sun or flies off into infinity, just knowing its initial position is not enough.

With the sun now shining down over the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, a little luck with the weather, and trajectories that put the spacecraft into optimal viewing positions, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has obtained new pictures of the liquid methane and ethane seas and lakes that reside near Titan's north pole.

From Earth, light from a distant star passing near the sun would be bent in such a way as to alter the apparent position of the distant star.

INO's position near the equator will also allow it to see neutrinos that originate in the sun and pass through Earth's core.

That effect was first demonstrated during a total solar eclipse in 1919, when the positions of stars near the Sun were observed to be slightly shifted from their usual positions — an effect due to the pull of the Sun's gravity as the stars» light passed close to the Sun.

This was first tested in 1919 by Sir Arthur Eddington, who organized an expedition to observe star positions during an eclipse of the Sun from islands near the coast of Africa.

House of the Rising Sun Villa is perfectly positioned near the Light House (El Faro) to watch the sun rise out of the panoramic Pacific, this villa overlooks the Bay of Santa Cruz & the Beach of La Entrega, the villa offers 4 suites, 5 baths & comfortably sleeps 8 adults + 4 childrSun Villa is perfectly positioned near the Light House (El Faro) to watch the sun rise out of the panoramic Pacific, this villa overlooks the Bay of Santa Cruz & the Beach of La Entrega, the villa offers 4 suites, 5 baths & comfortably sleeps 8 adults + 4 childrsun rise out of the panoramic Pacific, this villa overlooks the Bay of Santa Cruz & the Beach of La Entrega, the villa offers 4 suites, 5 baths & comfortably sleeps 8 adults + 4 children.

For one of your best - known works, Sun Tunnels, you placed four concrete tunnels in the Great Basin Desert in Utah [near Spiral Jetty, 1970, by Holt's late husband, Robert Smithson], which are positioned so that they frame the sunrise and sunset on both the summer and winter solstice.

Because the movement of the ITCZ follows the position of maximum surface heating associated with meridional displacement of the overhead position of the sun, near - equatorial regions experience two rain seasons, whereas regions further poleward experience one distinct rainfall season.