PROMETHEUS, in Astronomy

, in astronomy, one of the 18 named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn XVI (or S16), Prometheus is an irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body measuring about 90 mi (145 km) by 53 mi (85 km) by 38 mi (62 km); it orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 86,588 mi (139,350 km) and has an orbital period of 0.613 earth days—the rotational period is unknown but is assumed to be the same as the orbital period. It was discovered by a team led by S. Collins in 1980 from an examination of photographs taken by Voyager 1 during its flyby of Saturn. Prometheus has several craters about 12.5 mi (20 km) in diameter and a number of linear ridges and valleys but appears to be less cratered than the neighboring moons Epimetheus, Janus, and Pandora. It is the inner shepherd satellite (a moon that limits the extent of a planetary ring through gravitational forces) of Saturn's F ring.

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Prometheus and Faust: The Promethean Revolt in Drama from Classical Antiquity to Goethe
Book by Timothy Richard Wutrich; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Drama--History and criticism, Faust--d. ca. 1540--in literature, Prometheus (Greek mythology) in literature
...punishment Zeus calls down on Prometheus. However, as Faustus...geography, subjects that Prometheus had mastered and about...review of "astrology" =astronomy reminds one both that the Aeschylean Prometheus boasts of having taught...
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The Prometheus Syndrome
Book by Bettina L. Knapp; Whitston, 1979
Subjects: Civilization--Philosophy, Human Beings, Philosophy, Comparative, Progress, Prometheus (Greek Mythology)
...According to some legends, Prometheus created man out of earth...and bring forth a new race. Prometheus, who looked upon humanity...the arts, mathematics, astronomy, agriculture, metallurgy...As a fine psychologist, Prometheus knew that hope was an important...
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Prometheus Bound
Book by James Scully, C. J. Herington, Aeschylus; Oxford University Press, 1975
Subjects: Prometheus (Greek Mythology)--Drama
...those most cruel chains, Prometheus consented to pay a voluntary...the garland was revealed to Prometheus, and not long afterwards...on whom see fragment 12 , Astronomy in the Poets 2.15, writes...Several people have said that he Prometheus wore a garland in order that...
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The Crucifixion of Intellectual Man: Incorporating a Fresh Translation into English Verse of the Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus
Book by E. A. Havelock; Beacon Press, 1950
Subjects: Aeschylus--Prometheus Bound
...to this state of mind. The sciences were initiated empirically in astronomy, map making and medicine, to take three leading examples. In each...the Greek mind was to work out a sort of grammar of procedure. For astronomy and
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Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy
Book by Lucien Rudaux, G. Vaucouleurs De, F. L. Whipple; Prometheus Press, 1962
Subjects: Astronomy
LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTRONOMY BY LUCIEN RUDAUX AND G. DE VAUCOULEURS SECOND EDITION With an Introduction by F. L. WHIPPLE Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University PROMETHEUS PRESS New York 1962
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Heinlein's Have Space Suit-Will Travel
Journal article by Rafeeq O. Mcgiveron; The Explicator, Vol. 59, 2001
...G. De Vaucouleurs. Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy . New York: Prometheus, 1959 . Samuelson, David N. "The Frontier...104-52. Seeds, Michael A. Foundations of Astronomy . Belmont: Wadsworth, 1984 . Slusser, George...
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Milton and the Muse-Haters: 'Ad Patrem,' 'L'Allegro/Il Penseroso,' and the Ambivalences of Poetry
Journal article by Peter C. Herman; Criticism, Vol. 37, 1995
Subjects: Milton, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetics--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...and Pandoras box:(22) Prometheus perhaps was the first Statuary...mythographic tradition used Prometheus as a symbol for philosophy...less than airtight because Prometheus could just as easily be used...he first taught the Greeks astronomy.(23) Yet he also represents...
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H. G. Wells, Visionary Telescopes, and the "Matter of Mars"
Journal article by Robert Crossley; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 83, 2004
Subjects: Art and science, Human condition, Mars (Planet)--Portrayals, Technology and civilization, Technology and society, The War of the Worlds (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, The War of the Worlds (Novel)--Influence, Wells, H.G.--Criticism and interpretation
...immediately began assimilating telescopic astronomy into lunar fantasies and satires like...to the Inquisition, for thinking in Astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican...little "optic glass" that transformed astronomy. But the conversation is lost to history...
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Tapping the Wealth of the Moon
Journal article by Klaus P. Heiss; The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Vol. 29, 2004
Subjects: Energy resources, Moon, Space exploration
...missions. Use of any number of Prometheus size reactor modules will...hitherto unimaginably detailed astronomy observations of the universe...finally establish a continuous astronomy/observation facility of...to these capabilities, the Prometheus nuclear space power capabilities...
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Models of Institutional Resource Allocation Mission, Market, and Gender
Journal article by Cindy S. Volk, Sheila Slaughter, Scott L. Thomas; Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 72, 2001
Subjects: College costs--Management, Education, Higher--Finance, Research institutes--Finance, Resource allocation--Models
...705,301 31 46 $32,034 $160,079 Astronomy $4,313,180 37 8 $37,220 $8...9 9 3808 14 23 Music 30 12 9467 29 17 Astronomy 0 0 5917 3 5 Students Faculty Department...Geological Sci. 9 0.97 Music 13 0.99 Astronomy 36 0.61 TABLE 4 Detailed Description...
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Prometheus Unbound
Magazine article by Paul Kurtz; Free Inquiry, Vol. 14, Fall 1994
Subjects: Mythology--Personalities, Prometheus (Mythological figure)--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...love for humankind, Prometheus became their benefactor...basic to technology. Prometheus taught man the arts and...significance of the seasons, astronomy, mathematics, the alphabet...language. We read in Prometheus Bound--and this is...
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Ethics and Epistemology in the Twenty-First Century
Magazine article by James E. Giles; Cross Currents, Vol. 51, Fall 2001
Subjects: Academic Instincts (Book)--Reviews, After the Science Wars (Book)--Reviews, Beyond the Science Wars (Book)--Reviews, Books--Reviews, Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life (Book)--Reviews, Moral Freedom: The Search for Virtue in a World of Choice (Book)--Reviews, Prometheus Bedeviled: Science and the Contradictions of Contemporary Culture (Book)--Reviews, The Sacred and Secular University (Book)--Reviews, Transplantation Ethics (Book)--Reviews
...24.00 (cloth). Norman Levitt, Prometheus Bedeviled: Science and the Contradictions...personal lifestyles" (183). While Prometheus Bedeviled is an unabashed and vigorous...century when chemistry, physics, and astronomy emerged as distinct areas of science...
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Not Dead Yet
Magazine article by Charles Liu; Natural History, Vol. 114, July 2005
Subjects: Astrology, Astronomy, Constellations
...nothing in particular. Others say the Greek hero Hercules fired Sagitta at a vulture that was tormenting the captive Titan Prometheus. Of course, none of our ancestors who recounted those myths had the slightest clue about the real identity of the remarkable...
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Skeptical Ethics-What Should We Investigate? Skepticism Has, as One of Its Major Motivations, a Deep Ethical Concern about the Consequences of Unwarranted Beliefs. This Ethical Concern Should Begin with the First Stage of Skepticism-Deciding What Most Needs to Be Investigated
Magazine article by Martin Bridgstock; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 32, May-June 2008
Subjects: Beliefs--Ethical aspects, Ethics--Analysis, Skepticism--Analysis
...distressed that my students confused astrology with astronomy, accepted pyramid power, Bigfoot, the Loch...Science? Michael Ruse, ed. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. Plait, Philip. 2002. Bad Astronomy. New York: John Wiley Sons. Shermer, Michael...
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Quantum Spirituality
Magazine article by Victor J. Stenger; Free Inquiry, Vol. 18, Winter 1997
Subjects: Quantum theory--Analysis, Spirit--Analysis
...Senses (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1990). 5. K. Butler...Treatments (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1992). 6. D. Bohm...is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Hawaii...The Origin of the Universe (Prometheus Books, 1988) and Physics...
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The Beginning of the End; He Saw Himself as a Traditionalist, but Kokoschka's Great Triptych of 1950, on Show at the Courtauld, Sounded the Death Knell for Figurative Painting
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 11, 2006
...ignored it. Even the myth of Prometheus provided Kokoschka with the...century ago an educated man knew Prometheus as the Titans son who made...well as gods, taught him astronomy, mathematics and navigation...last Zeus eventually punished Prometheus by chaining him naked to a...


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encyclopedia articles on: Prometheus in Astronomy  - 3 results

 
 
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Prometheus , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROMETHEUS , in astronomy , in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn . Also known as Saturn XVI (or S16), Prometheus is an irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body measuring about 90...
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Saturn , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SATURN , in astronomy in astronomy, 6th planet from the sun. Astronomical...satellites, Pan , Daphnis, Atlas , Prometheus , and Pandora , are named. The...Epimetheus and Janus , but the shepherds Prometheus and Pandora also share an orbit...
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Pandora , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PANDORA , in astronomy pandor , in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn...more than 18 mi (30 km) in diameter than the nearby moon Prometheus but exhibits neither linear ridges nor valleys. Pandora is...


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