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digitigrade Applied to a
gait in which only the digits make contact with the ground, the hind part of the foot remaining raised (e.g. in cats and dogs).
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Fire threatens U. Arizona observatory, tempered by rain
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/20/2005; ; 641 words
; ...University of Arizona-sponsored observatory on top of the mountain, but...Smithsonian Institution's Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory sits atop 8,550-foot Mount...Santa Rita Mountains. The observatory is a joint venture of the Smithsonian...
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COMET MAN After all these years, Fred Whipple's still fascinated by dirty snowballs
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/28/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Texas a few years ago, Fred Lawrence Whipple suddenly tossed a loaf of...Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory -- an institution that Whipple established in Cambridge...ran for three decades. Whipple himself is more modest about...
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FRED L. WHIPPLE; HARVARD PROFESSOR WAS LEADING AUTHORITY ON COMETS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/31/2004; 700+ words
; Fred Lawrence Whipple, considered...Astrophysical Observatory, which he...Before Dr. Whipple's work...s premier observatories, the Multiple...Astronomical Observatory, which was...Dubbed "the Whipple shield...
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GALAXIES PROVIDE EXQUISITE DISPLAY.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/10/2001; 700+ words
; ...easier: Astronomers at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona announced Wednesday...Astrophysics, which operates Whipple. Little-known though they...familiar with the work, the Whipple observations are ``sort of...
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Madera Housing plans decried: Developer says he's scaled back; enviros, neighbors see scenery, wildlife threat.
Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ); 1/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...work at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory...away from the observatory atop 8,550...spokesman for the observatory that is jointly...matters, for observatories," he said...Mount Hopkins observatory and telescopes...
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On the horizon.(FEATURES)(PLANET)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 7/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...s issue of Nature. Wildfire heads for observatory American astronomers are hoping to dodge...wildfire is threatening a major mountaintop observatory. The $100 million Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, run by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center...
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Development near Madera Canyon decried.
Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ); 1/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...work at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory...away from the observatory atop 8,550...spokesman for the observatory that is jointly...matters, for observatories," he said...Mount Hopkins observatory and telescopes...
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Iowa boffins create northern hemisphere's most sensitive gamma ray telescope
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/20/2007; 561 words
; ...space. Each of the four VERITAS cameras at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona contain 500 photon detectors that can...Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory south of Tucson is made up...
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A new breed of limelight: sports field lighting goes green; the city of Naples, Fla., will save an estimated $1.14 million in energy and routine maintenance costs with its new energy-efficient lighting.
Magazine article from: Parks & Recreation; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...homes, roadways, observatories, or airports...located near the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, the largest field...Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Bright light...interfered with the observatory's view of the...
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U. Utah prof peers at black holes
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/20/2001; ; 599 words
; ...one of two such observatories planned for the...skies from the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, picking up faint...about 1990. Now observatories are looking at...truth," and other observatories will find more...
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Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory astronomical observatory located 35 mi (56 km) S of Tucson...Observatory, it was renamed in 1982 for the American astronomer Fred Lawrence Whipple, who was instrumental in establishing the observatory...
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Whipple Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Whipple Observatory See Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory .
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Whipple, Fred Lawrence
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Fred Lawrence Whipple During his lifetime, American astronomer Fred Whipple (1906 – 2004) was recognized...in Red Oak, Iowa, to farmers Harry Lawrence and Celestia (MacFarland) Whipple...
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MMT Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
MMT Observatory An observatory jointly owned by the Smithsonian Institution and the University...x2009;m on Mount Hopkins, Arizona, in the grounds of the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory . It operates the MMT, a telescope with a 6.5-m mirror...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ( SAO ) A research centre of...neighbouring Harvard College Observatory ( HCO ) established the joint...SAO owns and operates the Fred Lawrence Whipple observatory on Mount Hopkins, Arizona...
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