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1 day ago · Space colonization is the use of outer space for colonization, such as permanent habitation, exploitation or territorial claims. Extraterrestrial colonization is its broader form, including the use of celestial bodies, other than Earth, for colonization. The inhabitation and territorial use of extraterrestrial space has been proposed, for ...
3 days ago · There are also 23,542 named minor planets mostly after people, places and figures from mythology and fiction, [4] which account for only 3.8% of all numbered catalog entries. (4596) 1981 QB and 677772 Bettonvil are currently the lowest-numbered unnamed and highest-numbered named minor planets, respectively. [1] [4]
3 days ago · Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. [1] Notable asteroid mining challenges include the high cost of spaceflight , unreliable identification of asteroids which are suitable for mining, and the challenges of extracting usable material in a space environment.
1 day ago · Phobos ( / ˈfoʊbəs /; systematic designation: Mars I) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, [10] the other being Deimos. The two moons were discovered in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall. It is named after Phobos, the Greek god of fear and panic, who is the son of Ares (Mars) and twin brother of Deimos .
1 day ago · Astronomy. Hypatia [a] (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) [1] [4] was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. [5] Although preceded by Pandrosion, another Alexandrian female ...
4 days ago · Why are carriers called CV? The term “CV” is an abbreviation for “carrier vessel” or “carrier vessel plane,” and it derives from the cruiser designation. The exact origin of the term is uncertain, but one theory suggests that the “V” comes from the French word “voler,” which means “to fly.”. The term “CV” has been ...
1 day ago · Reference no. 299. Tyre ( / ˈtaɪər /; Arabic: صُور, romanized : Ṣūr; Phoenician: 𐤑𐤓, romanized: Ṣūr; Greek: Τύρος, translit. Týros) is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, [1] though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population.
