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Planets And Solar System
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Dust Particles Magnetic Fields
2,093 words... planet from the Sun and is the third largest in the solar system. It has an equatorial diameter of 51, 800 kilometers (32, 190 miles) and orbits the Sun once every 84. 01 Earth years. It has a mean distance from the Sun of 2. 87 billion kilometers (1. 78 billion miles). The length of a day on Uranus is 17 hours 14 minutes. Uranus has at least 22 moons. The atmosphere of Uranus is composed of 83 % hydrogen, 15 % helium, 2 % methane and small amounts of acetylene and other hydrocarbons. Methan...
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Aluminum Foil Magnetic Force
1,253 wordsSummary of Investigation An investigation was carried out to find out the relationship between the force created in a wire (or solenoid) when current flowed through it and the force from gravity. This was investigated by connecting a solenoid up to a variable power pack and then placing a light ring of either copper or aluminum around the solenoid. When the current flows through the solenoid, a magnetic force created from the solenoid should make the ring 'jump' up or levitate. When carrying out...
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Lord Of The Rings Middle Earth
1,110 words"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them" (1 LotR II, 2 The Council of Elrond) One of the masters of British Literature, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien has the unique ability to create a fantasy world in which exists a nearly endless supply of parallelisms to reality. By mastering his own world and his own language and becoming one with his fantasy, Tolkien is able to create wonderful symbolism and meaning out of what would otherwise ...
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1,855 wordsSocial Issues behind Lord of the Rings From the very first time of my introduction to the works of J. R. R. Tolkien I have experienced a strange feeling of kindness and happiness, which was virtually pouring out of the pages of his books. I became very interested in the person of the writer, his culture, education, and traditions. In this paper I would like to analyze the social trends, which affected Tolkien, and, consequently, Tolkien's representation of the social structure, which in turn hav...
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1,164 wordsMovie Review It is virtually impossible to think of other than Lord of the Rings movie, where the settings of physical geography play such an important role. In fact, the landscapes in this movie are closely integrated in the plot. The movies genre can be defined as epic; this is why it was important for the producers to emphasize on universal essence of natural settings. It is them that define characters act and not the other way around. Lord of the Rings takes place in imaginary place called M...
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J R R Tolkien Middle Earth
10,573 wordsUnderstanding Magic In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth Essay, Understanding Magic In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth Magic is difficult to define. Outside the literary works of J. R. R. Tolkien we do not take it seriously but instead relegate it to the corners of myth, superstition, and the supernatural (that which lies outside or beyond the natural universe). In Tolkien's world what he calls magic is real and natural, and we must understand the nature of his world in order to understand what he...
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Sir Isaac Newton Galileo Galilei
4,910 wordsIt was a cold, crisp, and damp morning on the Florida Space Coast as the space shuttle Challenger raced through the sky at speeds approaching mach 2 at an altitude of 104, 000 feet when something went perilously wrong. All of America watched, including the family members of the seven doomed crew members, as Challenger exploded into an expansive ball of fire, smoke and steam. An Oh... no! came as the crew? s final utterance from the shuttle as the orbiter broke-up. As the reality of what she was ...
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Code Of Ethics Solve The Problem
1,143 wordsOn January 26, 1986, one of the greatest disasters of our time occurred. When Challenger was destroyed many questions were asked about the safety of space missions. Many questions were asked about the credibility of the engineers who designed the air craft. It is now know that crucial information about the faulty O-rings was know to many if not all of the engineers. These engineers had many moral decisions they had to face when the problem was first noticed, which was as early as November 1981. ...
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Lord Of The Rings Forces Of Evil
2,118 wordsComparative Essay on the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit A fantasy is an imaginary world where all things imaginable can be brought to life. J. R. R Tolkien portrayed fantasy through his use of skilled craftsmanship and a vivid imagination, which was presented in each piece of literature he wrote. In Tolkien s two stories The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings we see the theme of fantasy brought to life through three essential elements, heroism, magic and retribution. Heroism is shown through the...
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Present Inner Rings Change Their Behavior People
1,404 wordsHow Inner Ring Inner Truth How would it feel to be the outcast? It is likely that, every individual has had this feeling at some point in their lifetime, whether it is from a social group or even a family issue. Its seems that in our communities those who could be classified as outcasts tend to group together and those who aren t outcasts also group together. The problem occurs when the outcasts are believed to be pushed out of the social circle by fault of the accepted individuals who seem to b...
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J R R Tolkien Good Versus Evil
2,417 wordsImagine yourself in a pre-industrial world full of mystery and magic. Imagine a world full of monsters, demons, and danger, as well as a world full of friends, fairies, good wizards, and adventure. In doing so you have just taken your first step onto a vast world created by author and scholar John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Tolkien became fascinated by language at an early age during his schooling, in particularly, the languages of Northern Europe, both ancient and modern. This affinity for language ...
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4,600 wordsSymbolism of the Ring Symbolism of the Ring: The Embodiment of Evil " One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them" (1 LotR II, 2 The Council of Elrond) One of the masters of British Literature, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien has the unique ability to create a fantasy world in which exists a nearly endless supply of parallelisms to reality. By mastering his own world and his own language and becoming one with his fantasy, Tolkien...
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Earths Atmosphere Degrees Celsius
1,874 wordsSaturn is the sixth planet in our solar system and is the second largest planet. The only planet larger then Saturn is Jupiter. Saturn is commonly noted for its phenomenal system of rings surrounding this gaseous planet. It is also one of the outer planets. Saturn's period of rotation is approximately ten and a half hours in Earth hours. Saturn takes about 13 and a half hours less than Earth to rotate. It takes Saturn about 30 years to make revolution around the sun. That is 29 years more than E...
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B And C Second Largest
384 wordsSaturn is the second largest planet and sixth from the sun. Saturn is most known for its rings, first seen in 1610 by Italian scientist Galileo and identified as rings by Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens in 1655. The rings consist greater than 100, 000 single ringlets. It is the most oblate planet because of the rapid rotation of the planet, which flattens Saturn at the poles by about 10 %. Its composition is mostly composed of hydrogen and helium. It is mostly liquid, with a small rocky core ...
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2,643 wordsSaturn is the outermost planet of the planets known in ancient times. The earliest known observations of Saturn, by the Babylonians, can be reliably dated to the mid- 7 th century BC, but it was probably noticed much earlier, since Saturn tends to shine brighter than most stars. To the naked eye it appears yellowish. The Greeks named it after Cronus, the original ruler of Olympus, who in Roman is the god Saturn. Saturn is the 6 th planet in order distance from the sun. It cannot approach the pla...
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Rocket Boosters External Tank
2,824 wordsRogers, William P. , et al Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident United States Government Printing Office June 6, 1986 256 pages The Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, chaired by former Secretary of State William P. Rogers, investigated the circumstances surrounding the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger shortly after liftoff on January 28, 1986. The Commission was established in February, 1986, pursuant to Executive ...
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Carbon Dioxide Mercury Venus
1,583 wordsA Planets The Planets A planet is a celestial body that revolves around a central star and does not shine by its own light. The only planetary system that is known to man is our solar system. It is made up of nine planets, which range in size and characteristics. The nine major planets in our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. There are also many other minor planets which are also in our solar system, but they are unimportant compared to the...
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Rocket Boosters Launch Pad
4,848 words7 December 1999 The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster The morning was clear, bright, and cold on January 28 th, 1986, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The skies were clear allowing the sun to shine over the launch area at the Kennedy Space Center and attempt to increase its freezing temperature. On launch pad 39 B icicles dangled from the launch tower, pad structure, and other launch equipment (Lewis 127) as the space shuttle Challenger stood in a powerful vertical silhouette against the morning ligh...
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