obliquities — É™ blɪkwÉ™tɪ n. state of being oblique; slant, incline; deviation, aberration; state of being indirect, lack of straightforwardness … English contemporary dictionary
Obliquity — Ob*liq ui*ty, n.; pl. {Obliquities}. [L. obliquitas: cf. F. obliquit[ e].] 1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thwart — Thwart, a. [OE. [thorn]wart, [thorn]wert, a. and adv., Icel. [thorn]vert, neut. of [thorn]verr athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. [thorn]weorh perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Callisto (moon) — Callisto View of the heavily cratered terrain of Callisto s anti Jovian hemisphere obtained in 2001 by NASA s Galileo spacecraft. The large impact structure Asgard is on the limb at upper right. The prominent rayed crater below and just right of… … Wikipedia
Europa (moon) — Europa Europa s trailing hemisphere in approximate natural color. The prominent crater in the lower right is Pwyll and the darker regions are areas where Europa s primarily water ice surface has a higher mineral content. Imaged on September 7,… … Wikipedia
Ganymede (moon) — Ganymede Image of Ganymede s anti Jovian hemisphere taken by the Galileo probe. Lighter surfaces, such as in recent impacts, grooved terrain and the whitish north polar cap at upper right, are enriched in water ice. Discovery … Wikipedia
Barry Guy — Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London) is a British composer and double bass player. His range of interests encompasses early music, contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of orchestras in… … Wikipedia
Peter Gill (playwright) — Peter Gill, theatre director, playwright and former actor, was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 7 September 1939, son of George John Gill and his wife Margaret Mary (Browne).He was educated at St Illtyd s College, Cardiff.CareerAn actor from 1957 1965 … Wikipedia
History of Solar System formation and evolution hypotheses — Capture theory redirects here. For the solar capture theory, see this article s section on Solar System formation. For the lunar capture theory, see this article s section on lunar formation. Ideas concerning the origin and fate of the world date … Wikipedia
Drake-Gleichung — Die Drake Gleichung dient zur Abschätzung der Anzahl der technischen, intelligenten Zivilisationen in unserer Galaxie, der Milchstraße. Sie wurde von Frank Drake, einem US Astrophysiker, entwickelt und im November 1961 auf einer Konferenz in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
