Word: solarization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comet but at least 21 fragments, remnants of a single object that had been torn apart a year earlier by Jupiter's gravity -- and that all would crash into the massive planet between July 16 and July 22 in the most violent event in the recorded history of the solar system...
While the people of Haiti suffer under economic sanctions, the nation's rulers are not only settling in for the long haul, they're making pricey home improvements. LIEUT. GENERAL RAOUL CEDRAS installed solar panels in his home in the hills above Port-au-Prince, an addition that will make his life more comfortable during frequent blackouts. Michel Francois, head of the Port-au- Prince police, ordered luxury furniture for his mansion -- but alas, the vessel carrying his shipment was turned back by the U.S. blockade...
...could be a big bowling ball in there for all we know but we don't know of any bowling balls of a billion solar masses," says Professor of Astronomy Robert P. Kirshner...
Because it has the mass of about 2 billion suns and spans the size of the solar system, Kirshner says the black hole is termed "supermassive...
Twenty-one mountain-size comet fragments are speeding toward the giant planet. Their arrival in July could trigger the most spectacular celestial encounter ever seen in the solar system...