PHOEBE, in Astronomy

fēˈbē, in astronomy, one of the 18 named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn IX (or S9), Phoebe is 137 mi (220 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 8,047,985 mi (12,952,000 km), has an orbital period of 550.5 earth days, and rotates on its axis in about nine hours. The outermost of the known satellites, Phoebe was discovered by American astronomer William H. Pickering in 1898. Phoebe's reflectivity is very low. Its orbit is inclined 175° to Saturn; that is, its north pole is almost aligned with the planet's south pole. Phoebe is the only one of the moons that orbits with retrograde motion, i.e., opposite to that of the planet's rotation. The sharp inclination of its orbit and its retrograde motion encourage the belief that Phoebe is a captured object similar to an asteroid rather than a native satellite.

____________________

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

-37396-

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: Phoebe in Astronomy
We found: 41 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

32  

 

Journal articles:

 

4  

 

Magazine articles:

 

0  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

2  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

3  
 

books on: Phoebe in Astronomy  - 32 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-32 >>  
 
1.
A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...also contains the High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy HEGRA array of gamma-ray detectors...soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet EUV astronomy satellite; its name is a contraction...Newcomb, he calculated an orbit for Phoebe, discovered in 1898. He designed and...
2.
Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy
Book by Lucien Rudaux, G. Vaucouleurs De, F. L. Whipple; Prometheus Press, 1962
Subjects: Astronomy
...Pettit E. 273 , 470 Phases, see individual bodies Phobos 205 Phoebe 222 , 223 Photo-electric, effect 470 ; measurements 469...volcanic eruption 107 , 110 ; see Stars, Sun, energy Radio astronomy 471 Radio observation 262 Radio sources in Galaxy 474 Radio...
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 diameter, Hyperion about 300, and Phoebe perhaps 150. It is worth remarking that Hyperion and even Phoebe, if they could be brought to the same...have been reported by Lowell, and in Phoebe by W. H. Pickering. It is probable...
4.
Popular Astronomy: Being the New Descriptive Astronomy
Book by Joel Dorman Steele; American Book Company, 1899
Subjects: Astronomy
...Hyperion 934,000 500 21.29 VIII Japetus 2,225,000 2,000 79.33 IX Phoebe 7,500,000 200 16 months. Titan, the largest, is almost as large as Mercury, while Phoebe is so small that it was not discovered till the year 1899. Enceladus...
5.
Makers of Astronomy
Book by Hector MacPherson; Clarendon Press, 1933
Subjects: Astronomers, Astronomy--History
...8 million miles from the planet, and he gave it the name of Phoebe. However, the new satellite could not be identified telescopically...astonished the scientific world when he further announced that Phoebe revolved round Saturn in a retrograde direction and that its...
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-32 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Phoebe in Astronomy  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Using Model-centered Instruction to Introduce GIS in Teacher Preparation Programs
Journal article by Judy Lambert; Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 55, 2007
Subjects: Administrative support, Colleges & universities, Foreign language learning, Geographic information systems, Geography, Social networks, Social research, Software, Technological change
...inferential statistics, foreign language, and astronomy (Butcher, 2006; Hong, 1992; Kaplan, 2001...ISLANDS: EXPLORING ART WITH GIS Created by Phoebe Ballard, The University of Toledo phoebe.ballard@utoledo.edu The project, Surrounded...
2.
Anthropology at the University of Arizona, 1893-2005
Journal article by Raymond H. Thompson; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 47, 2005
Subjects: Anthropology--Study and teaching, College faculty--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, College teachers--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, University of Arizona--Curricula, University of Arizona--History, University of Arizona--Research
...their frontier past. The Museum of Anthropology (now the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum) at the University of California at...build on the reputations of the Departments of Anthropology and Astronomy to make the University of Arizona a nationally recognized research...
3.
Thomas Jefferson, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia
Journal article by Mark R. Wenger; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 103, 1995
Subjects: Architecture, College of William & Mary, Colleges & universities, Curricula, History, Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), University of Virginia
...suggest that she occupied quarters on the third floor. Nurse Phoebe Dwit tended the sick, made clothing for servants, and cleaned...logic, metaphysics, and rhetoric; natural philosophy; astronomy; math; humanity; modern languages; history of chronology...
4.
John Burroughs and the Nineteenth Century: Introduction
Journal article by Stephen M. Mercier; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 21, 2007
Subjects: American essays--Criticism and interpretation, American essays--Works, American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, American poetry--Works, Burroughs, John--Criticism and interpretation, Burroughs, John--Influence, Burroughs, John--Works, Natural history literature--Criticism and interpretation, Natural history literature--Works, Philosophy of nature--Works
...specific flora and fauna from wildflowers, to barn swallows and phoebe-birds, to speckled trout. Walker proposes that Burroughss...now time to evoke a more fitting metaphor from the field of astronomy: "emersion." The term emersion is particularly fitting...


Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Phoebe in Astronomy  - 2 results

 
 
1.
University Results 2004
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 14, 2004
...Clare Horton-Smith Ellen Phoebe Howse Nicola Rachel Husain...Lawless Helen Victoria Leighs Phoebe Kam Chi Leung Leanne Lewis...CARDIFF SCHOOL OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Professor Mike Edmunds, MA...Adlina Zaini In Physics with Astronomy Rhys James Browning Christopher...
2.
Getting the Word Out
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 23, 2009
...photographer with the Duluth Herald Tribune and a longtime astronomy buff, e-mailed his experience with light pollution, which...migration has begun. One of the earliest arrivals is the Eastern Phoebe. He hoarsely calls out his name "FEE-be! FEE-be! FEE...


Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Phoebe in Astronomy  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Phoebe , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PHOEBE , in astronomy fe be, in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn . Also known as Saturn IX (or S9), Phoebe is 137 mi (220 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of...
2.
Saturn , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Norse group, only 21 are named: Phoebe , Skathi, Skoll, Greip, Hyrrokkin...Hyperion, which has a chaotic orbit, and Phoebe, all the satellites are believed to have...largest of these, the dark-surfaced Phoebe and the irregularly shaped Hyperion...
3.
Iapetus , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IAPETUS , in astronomy iap it s, in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn...leading hemisphere is not. Unlike all the other moons but Phoebe , Iapetuss orbit is inclined to the plane of Saturns equator...


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