Word: orbitals
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...distance is a divide that grows in our identities. We value different ideas, different places and different people. By junior year, we are firmly rooted in Harvard community--admittedly an amorphous concept, but the Houses, extracurricular organizations and friends form our spheres of orbit. The time at the Institute of Politics, Holworthy's basement or the Murr Center becomes as much a part of us as anything else. While I once identified myself as a Southern girl, now my family tells my I talk funny (i.e. Northern). And while I harassed my Uncle Louis for yet another silly story...
...Vinogradov, at the height of his orbit, was ferried around Moscow in an armored convoy. His movements resembled military maneuvers. No more. He was spotted recently on a main Moscow thoroughfare-on foot and alone. Malevich lovers, at home and abroad, now worry that the same fate-obscurity-awaits the most alluring gems of the fallen oligarch's treasure trove...
...Despite the best efforts of NASA's engineers, there's a chance that the minor adjustments the station makes to keep a stable orbit, or the pounding astronauts give their treadmill, or even someone slamming a hatch too hard, could jar the complex enough to disrupt some experiments that depend on weightlessness...
...Both sides are playing down the significance of this transfer of power. The symbolism could be painful for the Russians. With Mir scheduled to de-orbit in March, the nation that has always led the world in long-duration space flight may now take a backseat to a "partner" that was once its bitter rival. The ISS blueprint calls for more Russian segments to arrive, including a power station and science lab of their own. But while most of the U.S. components are complete and waiting to be launched, and European and Japanese segments are at least funded, the Russians...
...University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues--presented not one but two remarkable finds. The first is a pair of planets, each about the mass of Jupiter, that whirl around their home star 15 light-years from Earth in perfect lockstep. One takes 30 days to complete an orbit, the other exactly twice as long. Nobody has ever seen such a configuration...