PAN, in Astronomy

in astronomy, one of the 18 named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn XVIII (or S18), Pan is 12.5 mi (20 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 83,000 mi (133,583 km), and has an orbital period of 0.575 earth days. The rotational period is unknown but is assumed to be the same as the orbital period. It was discovered by Mark R. Showalter at the Ames Research Center in California in 1990 while reviewing photographs taken by Voyager 1 during its flyby of Saturn in 1980. The innermost of Saturn's confirmed moons, Pan's orbit is within the Encke Division, or Encke Gap, of Saturn's A ring, where it functions as a shepherd satellite (a moon that limits the extent of a planetary ring through gravitational forces), keeping the gap open.

____________________

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

-35977-

Top...
Search the Library
Books
Journals
Magazines
Newspapers
Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
About Questia
Questia is the world's largest online academic library offering full-text books, journals, and articles on thousands of topics.

Join Now...
Questia Books and Articles on: Pan in Astronomy
We found: 340 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

220  

 

Journal articles:

 

68  

 

Magazine articles:

 

32  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

17  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

3  
 

books on: Pan in Astronomy  - 220 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing 'Hoax'
Book by Philip C. Plait; John Wiley & Sons, 2002
Subjects: Astronomy--Miscellanea, Astronomy--Popular Works, Errors, Scientific
...clearly flew in the face of everything known about physics and astronomy, then and still today. They also ridiculed him be- cause...scientists learn from their mistakes and abandon theories that dont pan out. Velikovsky was wrong, as were the scientists at the time...
2.
Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy
Book by Lucien Rudaux, G. Vaucouleurs De, F. L. Whipple; Prometheus Press, 1962
Subjects: Astronomy
...comets were observed casually by people who knew nothing of astronomy, or because the observations were made with insufficient...THE TAIL OF THE GREAT COMET OF 1861 LOOKED LIKE A BEAUTIFUL PAN AT ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE EARTH ON 30 JUNE
3.
Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy - Vol. 1
Book by Henry Norris Russell, Raymond Smith Dugan, John Quincy Stewart; Ginn, 1926
Subjects: Astronomy, Solar System
...in Fig. 54 , with two sets of scale-pans, the lower hung from the upper by long...are put in the two upper or the two lower pans, they will exactly balance, the earths...two being equal. If m 2 is in the upper pan and m 1 in the lower, m 1 will be heavier...mass M , is brought underneath the lower pan, the equilibrium will again be disturbed...
4.
A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...example Palus Putredinis on the Moon, or Oxia Palus on Mars. Pan The innermost known satellite of Saturn, lying within the A...orbital period is 0.575 days and its diameter about 20 km. Pan was discovered in 1990 on photographs taken nine years earlier...
5.
Sharing the Sky: A Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Astronomy
Book by David H. Levy, Larry A. Lebofsky, Nancy R. Lebofsky; Perseus Publishing, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Study And Teaching (Elementary)
...big part in the history of the Earth as well? DEMONSTRATION: MAKING CRATERS Using a cat litter box or an aluminum roasting pan, some gravel or sand, and a stone, we can show how craters form. Drop the stone into the box and watch the crater appear...
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Pan in Astronomy  - 68 results

       More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
The Collective Unconscious: an Opportunity for New Thoughts on the Existence of Independent Black Institutions and Black Achievement Theories
Journal article by Lawson Bush, Edward C. Bush, Tonia Causey-Bush; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 1, 2006
...where biology, medicine, chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, geometry, algebra, theology...that maintained a Black Nationalist or Pan African prospective. On one hand, we...Movement. The Black Power Movement, the Pan African, and the Civil Rights Movement...
2.
The Testimony of William Hunter Dammond: the First African American Graduate of the University of Pittsburgh*
Journal article by Roland Barksdale-Hall; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 1, 2007
...courses in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and surveying. Additional courses included German, mechanics, astronomy, descriptive geometry, elocution, hydraulics, chemistry, and physics. During the summer of his junior year Dammond visited...
3.
Silkworms and Consorts in Nara Japan
Journal article by Michael Como; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 64, 2005
Subjects: China--Social aspects, Cultural relations--History, Folk literature--Research, Folklore--Research, Japan--Social aspects
...Taipei: Chung-kuo Ku-hsi Chu-pan she. KATATA Osamu TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE...IN ASCII.. Taipei: Wen-chin Chu-pan she. WATASE Masatada 1999 Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Chinese astronomy and Chinese traditions concerning the Seventh...
4.
Introduction
Journal article; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Light
...interdependent factors. For a start, the shallow pan must be inserted into the carrying vessel...In addition, the hole in the rim of the pan and the hole in the panel facing it must...circle inscribed on the inner wall of the pans rim.42 Furthermore, the division of...circle of light cast on the inner rim of the pan all but impossible.43 At best, then...
5.
Guido Casoni on Love as Music, A Theme "For All Ages and Studies" [*
Journal article by Don Harran; Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Casoni, Guido--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Love--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Music--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Musical criticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...essence of the fable recounting the love of Pan for the nymph Syrinx: Into these pipes...musical correspondence of those pipes. Pan made his panpipe with seven of them, which...harmonic concordances. Hence they say that Pan bears the rod and panpipe on which he always...
More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

magazine articles on: Pan in Astronomy  - 32 results

       More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-32 >>  
 
1.
Air Warrior: Paul Polski's Lab Developed Explosive-Detection Devices Long before the War on Terrorism Was Declared. Now at TSA, He's Working to Get Them into Airports
Magazine article by Shane Harris; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, December 2003
Subjects: Airport security--Innovations, Antiterrorism measures--Planning, Polski, Paul--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Polski, Paul--Planning, United States. Transportation Security Administration--Officials and employees, United States. Transportation Security Administration--Powers and duties
...established following the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988...the telescope forever altered astronomy. Such a detector probably could have saved the 259 souls aboard Pan Am 103 and the eleven more on...tragic epilogue. The downing of Pan Am 103 didnt compel airlines...
2.
Oecd.stat, Astrophysics Data System, Wiley-blackwell
Magazine article by Péter Jacsó; Online, Vol. 32, July 2008
...through cited references. The pan is the very unpromising Wiley...with roughly 25% related to Astronomy and Astrophysics, nearly 70...combined are for medicine. the pan WILEY-BLACKWELL DIGITAL LIBRARY...science.wiley.com) was my pan. SpringerLink is unlikely to...
3.
Iraq from Sumer to Saddam
Magazine article; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 27, Spring 2003
Subjects: Baghdad, Iraq--Analysis, Baghdad, Iraq--History, Hussein, Saddam, Nasser, Gamal Abdel, Sinbad
...encouraged them in the vision of an independent pan-Arab state, stretching from the Persian...credentials as the symbol of a post-Ottoman, pan-Arab future. Arab intellectuals flocked...army officers who had rallied to him, the pan-Arab intellectuals who had accompanied...
4.
What Can We Reasonably Hope For?
Magazine article; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, January 2000
Subjects: Civilization, Western--History, International economic relations--Forecasts, International relations--Economic aspects, Science and civilization--Forecasts, Social prediction--Analysis
...family movement. In the beginning, the pan-orthodox alliance was understood by religious...without saying that liberal critics of the pan-orthodox alliance are certain that the...spiritual fellowship. The ecumenism of the pan-orthodox alliance is what Baptist theologian...
5.
The Sky Is Falling: The Odds That a Potentially Devastating Space Rock Will Hit Earth This Century May Be as High as One in 10. So Why Isn't NASA Trying Harder to Prevent Catastrophe?
Magazine article by Gregg Easterbrook; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 301, June 2008
Subjects: Abbott, Dallas--Research, Astronomical collisions--Prevention, Astronomical collisions--Research, Craters--Research, Geophysicists--Research, Impact craters--Research
...for traditional "soda straw" astronomy-that is, focusing on a small...a telescope complex called Pan-STARRS, being built by the...continuously panning the entire sky, Pan-STARRS should be able to spot...because of their faintness. The Pan-STARRS project has no military...
More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-32 >>

Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Pan in Astronomy  - 17 results

       More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-17 >>  
 
1.
Tories Will Flush Us All Down Pan
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 11, 2011
Subjects: Political parties
Tories Will Flush Us All Down Pan. Byline: Paul Routledge YOU cant even spend a penny in coalition...a Methodist tennis player interested in camping and theoretical astronomy, to rubbish the rebellion. And stunningly useless he was, too...
2.
The Web's Final Frontier; SPACED OUT: From Nebulas to Galaxies and Supergiant Stars, Worldwide Telescope Covers It All
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 25, 2008
Subjects: Astronomy, Computer software industry, Microsoft Corp., Software industry
...abreathtaking tour of space, stitching together images from satellites andtelescopes such as the Hubble into a vast skyscape you can pan and zoom throughon your PC. Its not often you can conjure up a sense of your own cosmic insignificancewithout even standing...
3.
University of Birmingham Degrees
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 9, 2005
...Astronomy), Alireza Sadrmomtaz (Physics and Astronomy), Rosaria Simoniello (Physics and Astronomy), Master of Science, Andrew Davis (Physics...Buzdugan (Money, Banking and Finance), Kin Pan Chan (Money, Banking and Finance), Jing...
4.
Talking Your Way to the Top; You Don't Need a Qualification - Just Good Conversational Skills - for a Language to Help Your Career Prospects
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 18, 2010
...engineering, mathematical sciences, physics and astronomy and chemistry, according to the Higher Education...salary," he says. Sales, export management and pan-European roles such as pan-European sales director and alliance director...
5.
Theatre
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), June 9, 2004
...Dragon Rhythm and Blues Club present Tin Pan Alley, 8pm. Contact 029 2066 7243. Ye...Theatre and Stage School present Peter Pan, 7pm. Contact 029 20553657. Methodist...University of Wales, Dept of Physics and Astronomy,The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff Journey...
More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-17 >>

Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Pan in Astronomy  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Pan , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PAN , in astronomy in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural...Also known as Saturn XVIII (or S18), Pan is 12.5 mi (20 km) in diameter...innermost of Saturns confirmed moons, Pans orbit is within the Encke Division...
2.
Saturn , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SATURN , in astronomy in astronomy, 6th planet from the sun. Astronomical and Physical Characteristics...similar orbits). Five of the six confirmed shepherd satellites, Pan , Daphnis, Atlas , Prometheus , and Pandora , are named. The co...
3.
China
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...endangered Confucianism. Indian advances in medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and architecture were adopted. Art, particularly figure...The Cambridge History of Ancient China (1999); P. P. Pan, Out of Maos Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China...


Top...
 About Questia   ::   Privacy   ::   Contact