Banded TARs in Iapygia The tropics of Mars are commonly littered with small bright ripples that were somehow shaped by the wind. Called “transverse aeolian ridges,” or TARs, the features stand up to 6 meters tall and

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The International Space Station - Follow that graph! At the present time, the International Space Station is losing about 300 feet (90 meters) of altitude every day. Its current altitude is about 345 km after a 7.0km re-

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The Frequency of Large Meteor Impacts On February 14, 2013 a 10,000 ton meteor about 17-meters in diameter entered Earth’s atmosphere over Russia traveling at 40,000 mph (18 km/s). It detonated in the air over the town

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LRO - Searching for Lunar Boulders The LRO satellite recently imaged the surface of the moon at a resolution of 1.4 meters/pixel. The above image shows the region near the Apollo-11 landing area. The Lunar Module (LM) a

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LRO Explores Lunar Surface Cratering The LRO satellite recently imaged the surface of the moon at a resolution of 1.4 meters/pixel. The above image shows a region near the Apollo-11 landing site. The Lunar Module (LM) c

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The City of Newton requires all outdoor meters to be 3/4" and capable to work with the existing KP meter system. The three types of meters that are available are: NEPTUNE T-10(in cubic feet), Zenner Multi-Jet Encoder Met

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LRO - Searching for Lunar Boulders The LRO satellite recently imaged the surface of the moon at a resolution of 1.4 meters/pixel. The above image shows the region near the Apollo-11 landing area. The Lunar Module (LM) a

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Mare Nubium and Las Vegas The LRO satellite recently imaged the surface of the moon at a resolution of 1.4 meters/pixel. The above 700-meter wide image shows Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada (Top - Courtesy of Digital Globe,

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LRO Explores Lunar Surface Cratering The LRO satellite recently imaged the surface of the moon at a resolution of 1.4 meters/pixel. The above image shows a region near the Apollo-11 landing site. The Lunar Module (LM) c

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A High-Resolution Satellite Photo The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will take photographs of the lunar surface at a resolution of 0.5 meters per pixel. The 425x425 pixel image below (Copyright © 2009 GeoEye) was ta

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• Unmanned spacecraft
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