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The Cosmos on a Shoestring: Small Spacecraft for Space and Earth Science — Jan 1, 1998

Small spacecraft have become popular for a number of reasons, most prominently the needs to reduce overall cost, be built more quickly, and spread mission risks. Despite the risks, however, small spacecraft fulfill important roles in earth science, astrophysics, space physics, and planetary science. NASA's current generation of small spacecraft is capable of impressive levels of performance.

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Astronomy and sodium lighting — Dec 31, 1983

In the last decade, lighting in the City of San Diego and its suburbs has increased substantially. Astronomers at Palomar Observatory are concerned that the encroaching light will make many of their measurements impossible. San Diego will soon conver...

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Topics in High Energy Astrophysics Based on Lectures by Peter Goldreich at The Rand Corporation during June-July 1969. — Dec 31, 1969

A series of lectures by Caltech Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, Peter Goldreich, intended to serve as an introduction for physicists with no background in astrophysics. The lecture notes were edited and expanded by the 3 Rand men and ...

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Eclipse Phenomena — A Book Review — Dec 31, 1968

A review of Eclipse Phenomena in Astronomy by F. Link, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1969, 271 pages, for Sky and Telescope.

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Astronomy from the Moon: A Logistic Appraisal — Dec 31, 1965

A methodology is available for quantitatively evaluating the implications of superimposing scientific requirements on an existing or planned supply support system for space operations.

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High-dispersion Spectroscopic Observations of Mars: I. the CO2 Content and Surface Pressure — Dec 31, 1965

Carbon dioxide abundance at 200 degrees K determined from high dispersion IR spectrograms of Mars

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Numerical results for the auxiliary equation of radiative transfer — Dec 31, 1964

A basic problem in astrophysics, meteorology, and neutron transport theory is the determination of the internal intensity produced when uniform parallel rays illuminate a slab of finite thickness which both absorbs and scatters radiation isotropicall...

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A Deep-Space Triangulation Probe To Determine the Astronomical Unit — Dec 31, 1963

Classic astronomy and radar ranging of Venus have given conflicting estimates of the astronomical unit.

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Invariant Imbedding and Noncoherent Scattering in a Finite, Inhomogeneous Atmosphere. — Dec 31, 1961

Part of a broader investigation concerned with the diffuse reflection in an inhomogeneous layer of atmosphere. Such problems are of current interest in the fields of meteorology and astrophysics, and the detection of nuclear blasts. This memorandum...

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Solar-stream Distortion of the Geomagnetic Field and Polar Electrojets — Dec 31, 1960

Solar stream distortion of the geomagnetic field, polar auroras, electrojets.

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Probing space: the astronomer's view. — Dec 31, 1958

An examination of the opportunities that space flight will afford astronomers and of the importance of properly planning space exploration. Astronomy's principal concern-the study of light from celestial bodies-may be carried out from satellite and ...

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Michelle Darrah Ziegler

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B.S. in astronomy, University of Hawaii

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