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Murchison meteorite
Murchison meteorite The Murchison meteorite was a meteorite that entered Earth's atmosphere in September, 1969. The meteor fragmented before impact and remnants were recovered near Murchison, Australia (located about 60 miles north of Melbourne). The fragments recovered dated to nearly five billion... Read more |
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plate tectonics
plate tectonics theory that unifies many of the features and characteristics of continental drift and seafloor spreading into a coherent model and has revolutionized geologists' understanding of continents, ocean basins, mountains, and earth history. Development of Plate Tectonics Theory The... Read more |
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universal time
universal time (UT), the international time standard common to every place in the world, it nominally reflects the mean solar time along the earth's prime meridian (renumbered to equate to civil time ). In 1884, under international agreement, the prime meridian was established as running through... Read more |
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solar time
solar time time defined by the position of the sun. The solar day is the time it takes for the sun to return to the same meridian in the sky. Local solar time is measured by a sundial . When the center of the sun is on an observer's meridian, the observer's local solar time is zero hours... Read more |
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Earth sciences
GEOLOGIC TIME CONCEPT The expression geologic time refers to the vast span from Earth's beginnings to the present, about 4.6 billion years. To examine the history of Earth, one must discard most familiar ideas about time. Instead of thinking in terms of years, centuries, or... Read more |
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New York Times
NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK TIMES, newspaper and benchmark for distinguished journalism in the twentieth century, founded by Henry J. Raymond in 1851. In a crowded field, Raymond's daily found a niche among merchants and opponents of New York Democrats. It had ample capital, membership in the new... Read more |
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civil time
civil time local time based on universal time . Civil time may be formally defined as mean solar time plus 12 hr; the civil day begins at midnight, while the mean solar day begins at noon. Civil time is occasionally adjusted by one-second increments to ensure that the difference between a... Read more |
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New York Times Co. v. United States
NEW YORK TIMES CO. V. UNITED STATES New York Times Co. v. United States, (per curiam) 403 U.S. 713, 91 S. Ct. 2140, 29 L. Ed. 2d 822 (1971), often referred to as the Pentagon Papers case, concerned the government's attempt to prohibit the New York Times and the Washington Post from publishing... Read more |
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Times Square
Times Square in New York City. Formed by the intersection of Broadway, Seventh Ave., and 42d St., this famous square was named (1904) for the building there that formerly belonged to the New York Times. The building, located in the center of the square, is still famous for the outdoor news ... Read more |
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ANCIENT ASTEROID MAY HAVE STRUCK IN THE CATSKILLS
...infrared maps of New York State...with the Earth. "Asteroids...three times the likelihood...said. Some scientists think the...into the Earth, ejecting...the Near Earth Asteroid...as tiny, ... |
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Rutgers student provides physical evidence for important theory
...WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK...ago, the earth's temperature...appeared. Scientists have searched...confirming evidence to the...the Science Times section of the New York Times.The ... |