Astronomy & Space - December 2006

most earth satellites follow an oval shaped path rather than a circular path around earth. the PE increases when the satellites moves farther from earth.according to the law of energy conversation, does a satellite have its greatest speed when it is closest to or farthest from earth.
thx

2006-12-05 10:28:25 · 2 answers · asked by kobay 2

Surely there has to be something out there!

2006-12-05 10:19:35 · 19 answers · asked by Cap10kirk 3

What is the difference between a low mass and high mass and what takes place?

2006-12-05 10:02:37 · 4 answers · asked by Kick_Fanatic_Jordan_Radic 2

Since the cost of manned spaceflight is so high and the will of the public is not sufficient to fund the manned space program. Wouldn't it be better to increase unmanned space exploration? Perhaps even build a base on the moon with robots? Then when a base is established restart the manned space program in 10 or 15 years later.

2006-12-05 10:02:07 · 11 answers · asked by timespiral 4

2006-12-05 09:50:54 · 7 answers · asked by crunch_juice 1

Has the space race affected society today?

2006-12-05 09:46:36 · 5 answers · asked by TurkishGamer13 3

for a conference LOL ! I hear a song coming on, "everyones gone to the moon" !

2006-12-05 09:25:29 · 6 answers · asked by Latin Techie 7

2006-12-05 09:02:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw one last night on my way home with my boyfriend and it was pretty cool. Does anyone of you ever made a wish on a shooting star and actually came true?

2006-12-05 09:00:23 · 5 answers · asked by anonymous 1

2006-12-05 08:54:56 · 4 answers · asked by john m 1

What triggered the "big bang" and what existed before it?

2006-12-05 08:51:22 · 11 answers · asked by ehm54 1

Describe what occurs at the stage of a white dwarf and what must occur for it to progress as well as on H-R Diagram???

2006-12-05 08:51:00 · 2 answers · asked by Kick_Fanatic_Jordan_Radic 2

How long does it take for the space shuttle to reach the Moon, from the Earth?

2006-12-05 08:40:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-05 08:40:47 · 11 answers · asked by kelleyann_p 2

I recently read that they do not exist. That they are "dark matter" which will explain away all the missing matter in the universe.

2006-12-05 08:19:06 · 6 answers · asked by k forrest 2

2006-12-05 08:19:06 · 2 answers · asked by john m 1

No doubt the goverment will decimalize time soon anyway,one more excuse for the train to be late

2006-12-05 08:10:45 · 14 answers · asked by bwadsp 5

The Russians always claimed that the moon landings were not possible because of a big belt of radiation you need to fly through to get there, but the US claim to have landed a man on the moon.

What story do you believe. Ten points to the most paranoid conspiracy theorist!

2006-12-05 07:38:11 · 20 answers · asked by badgerbeetle 3

2006-12-05 07:27:24 · 8 answers · asked by Thomas 6

2006-12-05 07:24:16 · 5 answers · asked by fabby_abbi 1

We need to be able to love one other, I don't if they were green and yelllow. I live in Washington, DC area, and I all do hear on the new is someone killing someone for no reason.

2006-12-05 07:23:41 · 6 answers · asked by Debby M 1

2006-12-05 07:19:57 · 18 answers · asked by mariceldiali 2

Cosmology cannot explain certain phenomenon using gravity alone. Various theories attempt to explain acceleration of the expansion of the universe. They'll attempt to add elements that have not been documented to the existing known forces. Could observations be better explained by eliminating gravity. As all matter is composed of particles with intrinsic dipole moments, could the cumulative course of these dipole moments be used to explain gravity? Although I have core college level understanding physics and a strong mathematical background, this problem exceeds my abilities.

2006-12-05 07:09:59 · 21 answers · asked by novangelis 7

Press reports yesterday announce plan to build permanent moonbase.
Notably absent from the articles I saw was even a HINT of WHY.
(Closest I saw was some BS about how we could get Helium-3 on the moon.)

2006-12-05 06:49:56 · 15 answers · asked by warren_d_smith31 3

So if the moon phases are due to the shadow of the earth falling on the moon...

Why is it that when the sun and the moon are in the same sky, the moon doesn't show as full? It doesn't make much sense to me that it still has earths shadow if it is in the same line of sight as the sun.

2006-12-05 06:44:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-05 06:39:47 · 11 answers · asked by amy m 1

2006-12-05 06:38:10 · 15 answers · asked by forest lover 2

2006-12-05 06:35:51 · 7 answers · asked by DOOM 2

Feel free to engage in wild speculation. This is an unanswered question by astronomers.

2006-12-05 06:26:23 · 3 answers · asked by Meaghan S 1

2006-12-05 06:25:13 · 3 answers · asked by Nala Kianga 1