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What observatories provide data similar to USNO?

USNO (the United States Naval Observatory) generates positions for the celestial bodies (planets, moons,stars) and provides them in the form of .bsp files and their Astronomical Almanac. Is there any...

Asked on 11/27/2021 by sigrlami

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Basic explanation of baryon acoustic oscillations; what if anything is actually oscillating?

Sci-News' Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration Releases New 3D Map of Universe links to the two videosThe eBOSS 3D map of the Universe...

Asked on 11/27/2021

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How many satellites orbit their planet faster than the planet rotates?

Phobos is so close to Mars that it orbits Mars much faster than Mars rotates. This means that it rises in the west and sets in the east, even though...

Asked on 11/22/2021

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How can the Earth and the Moon be in synchronous rotation if the Moon won't be in geostationary orbit?

It is said that the Moon moves away from Earth and that during the Sun's red giant or white dwarf phase the Moon will be about 40% farther than now...

Asked on 11/22/2021

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What is the accepted theory as to why Uranus' axis is tilted so severely?

The planet Uranus is another solar system anomaly, where according to the NASA profile has an axial tilt of 97.8 degrees, also considered to be retrograde. This...

Asked on 11/20/2021

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Is it possible to find what crater the Mars meteorites come from?

A few dozen meteorites have been determined to come from Mars. These meteorites likely formed from three separate events. Each one of these events must have created a big enough...

Asked on 11/20/2021

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Gravitational wave detection time difference between LIGO Livingston and LIGO Hanford

Quote from LIGO's news release:By looking at the time of arrival of the signals—the detector inLivingston recorded the event 7 milliseconds before the detector inHanford—scientists...

Asked on 11/19/2021 by gollum

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Does Saturn raise tides on Titan's lakes?

Titan is the only body in the Solar System other than Earth to have large bodies of surface liquid. Since Saturn is much more massive than the Moon, I would...

Asked on 11/17/2021 by ChristieToWin

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Where should I be looking to see Neowise in southern Sweden?

I'm in the south of Sweden and just spent over an hour trying to find Neowise, but didn't see it. I live in a rural area, there are no lights...

Asked on 11/17/2021

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Density of a sunspot compared to the surrounding photosphere?

Is the density of a sunspot different by more than a factor of ten compared to the area surrounding the sunspot?...

Asked on 11/15/2021

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