Sentences with phrase «spot near the planet»
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This technique can determine whether a spot on the planet's surface is rising or falling over time, such as near a volcano on the verge of erupting or a sinkhole about to form.
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The gravitational and microwave measurements in particular could soon reveal just how far the Spot extends into Jupiter — whether it floats like an iceberg near the top of the atmosphere, or instead bores deep into the planet's innards.
Presuming that gamble pays off and the VLT spots a planet in our nearest neighboring star system, the discovery could catalyze an explosion of interest and follow - up investigation.
They spotted a sudden rise in particles zooming in from the far side of the planet, improving our understanding of how particles travel in near - Earth space.
Planet «b» around star Upsilon Andromedae A has a mysterious hot spot that is not located near the point closest to the host star, as was expected (more).
On October 19, 2010, astronomers using NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope over five days in February 2009 announced that the hot spot is not located near the closest point of the planet to its host star, as was expected for a planet in tidally locked, synchronous orbit with one side in perpetual daylight.
The DARK - speckle Near - infrared Energy - resolved Superconducting Spectrophotometer (DARKNESS) is designed to take images with much higher contrast ratios, allowing astronomers to spot extremely faint planets around bright stars.