Question by Marylou M: How was Maria Mitchell important to the world?
What did Maria Mitchell do to be so important to the world?
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Answer by Caroline AMaria Mitchell was America's first woman astronomer, and the first woman to join the American Academy of Arts and Science. She would be the only woman allowed to join for over a hundred years. This was extraordinary considering the roles women "played" during the time.
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tinyurl.com - Download free mp3, music, internet radio win an ipod touch, sony WA-1 Total Solar Eclipse-the longest in 2009:Millions of people in Asia will see the longest total solar eclipse this century on Wednesday as swaths of India and China are plunged into darkness. Scores of amateur stargazers and scientists will travel long distances for the eclipse, which will last for about five minutes. The eclipse will first appear in the Gulf of Khambhat just north of Mumbai. It will move east across India, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China before hitting the Pacific. The eclipse will cross some southern Japanese islands and will last be visible from land at Nikumaroro Island in the South Pacific nation of Kiribati. Elsewhere, a partial eclipse will be visible across much of Asia. The previous total eclipse, in August 2008, lasted two minutes and 27 seconds. This one will last six minutes and 39 seconds at its maximum point. Alphonse Sterling, a Nasa astrophysicist who will be following the eclipse from China, scientists are hoping data from the eclipse will help explain solar flares and other structures of the sun and why they erupt. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially covered. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth. At least two and up to five solar eclipses can occur each year on Earth, with between zero and two of them ...
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When is the next Solar/Lunar eclipse in the USA?
Question by Ryann: When is the next Solar/Lunar eclipse in the USA?
It is May 19, 2010 (i figured you would need the date to answer correctly). I just wanted to know when the next solar and lunar eclipse would be. I think there really cool and pretty and i just wanna see em. Please answer soon. Merci!
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Answer by Weston2011 Jun 01
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Q&A: When will the March 10, 2010 eclipse take place?
Question by curious george23: When will the March 10, 2010 eclipse take place?
At what time will the eclipse take place and what kind of eclipse will it be? Also has anyone ever heard of cultures believing that eclipses affect pregnancies if "safety procedures" aren't taken?
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Answer by elite_mandalorian23On March 10, 2010
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Millions of devotees flocked to Indias holy city of Varanasi to watch the eclipse and take a holy dip in the river. Unfortunately, a woman was killed and four injured in the mad rush to get there. Thousands of devotees gathered at the banks of river Ganga to watch the solar eclipse on Wednesday (July 22). The stampede of people killed a woman and injured four others. [Jagdeesh, Local]: "The accident took place at 8:30 am when people started running helter-skelter. Eight to ten people got trampled, two died and four were injured." The police believed that the woman died from suffocation and not from being trampled on. [PC Meena, Deputy Inspector General, Varanasi]: "Due to suffocation, one woman named Ganga Devi died. Four to five others are injured and there is nothing else." The eclipse began at 5:28 am local time in India and peaked for 6 minutes, 39 seconds. A solar eclipse is spiritually sacred for many Indians. Devotees from across the country take baths in rivers, a holy act believed to bring good fortune and release from the cycle of life and death. But others believe that an eclipse brings bad luck and expectant mothers may have complicated pregnancies or have miserable children. According to the US space agency NASA, the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century was visible in a roughly 250 km-wide (155 miles) corridor, as it traveled half the globe and passed through India and China.
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