Sentences with phrase «short period of a few days»

Remember, things have to happen quickly because these small NEOs are only visible to even the most powerful of telescopes for a short period of a few days during their flyby of Earth.

Second, and less important but still rather spectacular, was the melting of virtually every square inch of the surface of this ice sheet over a short period of a few days during the hottest part of the summer, a phenomenon observed every few hundred years but nevertheless an ominous event considering that it happened just as the aforementioned record ice mass loss was being observed and measured.

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With the onset of World War II, it became common to have quick, informal weddings that were often planned just a few days in advance, since the men who were fighting in the war only had short periods of leave.

As with all «short ETFs,» which typically underperform their underlying indexes with longer holding periods, this swing trade is only intended to be held for a quick «pop» of no more than a few days (as opposed to our typical holding time of 1 to 3 weeks).

Over the next few days your baby should require fewer comforting sessions and will cry for shorter periods of time, until they can be put down to sleep with no crying at all.

Parents wanting a more gradual process in a shorter period of time can opt to cut down one nursing session every few days.

Eventually, this causes celestial bodies to lose orbital energy, and they will have shorter orbital periods of only a few days.»

The term is normally taken to mean the activity of these phenomena over short periods of time, usually no more than a few days.

The transit depth of only 0.15 % means that it is too shallow to have been detected by WASP (which can do 0.2 — 0.3 % at best), especially given the 11.8 - day orbit, which means that it produces fewer transits than shorter - period planets.

The findings help explain why astronomers have detected few circumbinary exoplanets despite observing thousands of short - term binary stars, or ones with orbital periods of 10 days or less.

Further analysis by Akeson et al (2009) on a puzzling reduction in mid-range infrared excess «visibility» failed to rule out the possibility of an unseen stellar companion (as bright as M0 red dwarf) in a wide orbit with a period measured in years or a very close orbit companion with a period measured in as short as a few days.

Here are a few tips for reducing day - to - day separation anxiety when you leave the house for shorter periods of time.

Cruising is a great way to see a lot in a short period of time without having to pack up and move every few days, which can be difficult with children and elders.

Small groups of volunteers who have worked at Bacalar Chico for short periods, such as a few days to a rnonth, engaged mostly in manual labor.

The H1 - B visa requires an employer sponsor, and the application period is a short window of a few days in April of each year.

These policies can usually be purchased for very short periods of time, as little as 5 days, and longer periods up to a few years.

Ideally unpaid internships should only be done for a few days per week or for a short period of time.