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821IP Multimedia Services Identity Module / Dimensional analysis / Measurement / Mass / Technology / Physics / European Space Agency / James Webb Space Telescope

Cryo-testing the Webb Space Telescope ISIM The Webb Space Telescope, to be launched in 2014, will allow astronomers to see the first generations of stars that formed in the universe. The ISIM, or the Integrated

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-03-07 15:19:08
822Physics / Nuclear physics / Background radiation / Ionizing radiation / Sievert / Radiation therapy / Gray / Absorbed dose / Radiation / Medicine / Radioactivity / Radiobiology

Radiation Dose and Dose Rate Radiation is measured in two units. The first is a measure of the rate at which you are being exposed to a source of radioactivity, while the second is a measure of how much

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Language: English - Date: 2011-03-24 08:49:32
823State functions / Heat transfer / Physical quantities / Introductory physics / Energy / Temperature / Properties of water / Heat / Gas / Physics / Chemistry / Thermodynamics

Exploring Energy and Temperature In the figure to the left, the first column represents gas particles with little energy. A thermometer placed in contact with this group of particles would indicate a very low temperature

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-09-16 10:22:18
824Physical chemistry / Cloud / Light / Haze / Meteorology / Chemistry / Physics / Visibility / Aerosol science / Aerosol

Aerosols and Light Dimming A ray of light passes through the two cubes from left to right. At A, the light ray has its full intensity of 100%. After it leaves the first box, the

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-09-26 09:18:08
825Energy conversion / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Photovoltaics / Space telescopes / Solar cell / Sun / Solar flare / Solar power / Energy / Physics / Technology

Name ________________________________ Soon after the first satellites were placed into orbit, engineers began to notice that the electrial power needed to operate the satellites was slowly declining. Very careful studies

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2006-09-28 16:53:36
826Space plasmas / Astrophysics / Sun / Light sources / Solar telescopes / Corona / TRACE / Solar flare / Solar Dynamics Observatory / Astronomy / Plasma physics / Physics

SDO Reveals Details on the Surface of the Sun 153 On April 21, 2010 NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory released its muchawaited ‘First Light’ images of the Sun. The image above shows a full-disk, multiwavelength, e

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Language: English - Date: 2010-04-22 17:26:56
827State functions / Heat transfer / Physical quantities / Introductory physics / Energy / Temperature / Properties of water / Heat / Gas / Physics / Chemistry / Thermodynamics

Exploring Energy and Temperature In the figure to the left, the first column represents gas particles with little energy. A thermometer placed in contact with this group of particles would indicate a very low temperature

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Language: English - Date: 2013-09-16 09:22:18
828Equations / Wave mechanics / Astronomical spectroscopy / Redshift / Cosmic distance ladder / Logarithm / Proportionality / Gravitation / Linear equation / Physics / Physical cosmology / Physical quantities

Inverse and joint variation[removed]One of the first things that scientists do with data is to graph

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-05-05 12:29:34
829Light sources / Space plasmas / Star types / Galaxies / Local Group / Neutron star / Black hole / Milky Way / Sun / Astronomy / Physics / Space

Supercomputers - Modeling colliding neutron stars! Once astrophysicists understand the physics involved, they can use supercomputers to model events that can never be observed first-hand. The panel of images above was c

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-04-12 18:35:36
830Electric power / Analog circuits / Physical quantities / Transformer / Voltage drop / Electrician / Voltage divider / Resistor / Electrical resistance and conductance / Electromagnetism / Electrical engineering / Physics

COURSE ETA3400: ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES Level: First Period Apprenticeship Prerequisite:

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Source URL: www.education.alberta.ca

Language: English - Date: 2014-08-27 18:06:29
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