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| Johan Kepler |
German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Johannes Kepler |
German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Johannes Kepler Universität Linz |
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz is a university in Linz, Austria. (references) |
| Johannes Kepler University Linz |
Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU Linz, or just JKU -- the full German name is Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, the short version is Universität Linz, University of Linz in English; its Latin name is alma mater Kepleriana) is an institution of higher education in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, offering bachelor's, diploma, master's, and doctoral degrees in business, engineering, law, science, and the social sciences. (references) |
| Kepler (lunar crater) |
Kepler is a young lunar impact crater that lies between the Oceanus Procellarum to the west and Mare Insularum in the east. To the southeast is the Encke crater. (references) |
| Kepler conjecture |
In mathematics, the Kepler conjecture is a conjecture about sphere packing in three dimensional Euclidean space. It says that no arrangement of equal spheres filling space has a greater average density than that of the cubic close packing (face centred cubic) and hexagonal close packing arrangements. The density of these arrangements is a little over 74%. (references) |
| Kepler mission |
Kepler Mission is the name of a NASE's project which involves the launch of a space telescope intended to search for earth size planets in other solar systems. (references) |
| Kepler photometer |
Kepler photometer is basically a Schmidt telescope to be mounted on NASA's proposed Kepler spacecraft. (references) |
| Kepler Space Observatory |
Kepler is a space observatory planned by NASA that will search for extrasolar planets. For this purpose, it will observe the brightness of about 100,000 stars over four years to detect periodical occultations of a star by one of its planets. Kepler will not be in an Earth orbit but in an Earth-trailing solar orbit so that Earth will not occult the stars which are to be observed and the photometer will not be influenced by stray light from Earth. The observatory is scheduled for launch in June 2008. (references) |
| Kepler Track |
The Kepler Track, a 60* kilometre circular tramping track, traverses through the spectacular scenery in Fiordland National Park. Many tracks in New Zealand have evolved from Maori trails or pioneer exploration routes the Kepler track however was established in 1988 as a Great Walk designed to ease the strain on the Milford and Routeburn Great Walks. (references) |
| Kepler Wessels |
Kepler Wessels (born September 14, 1957) was a South African cricketer who captained South Africa and at other times played for Australia. (references) |
| The Kepler Challenge |
The Kepler Challenge Mountain Run has been held annually since 1988, and as with previous years the route follows the 60km Kepler Track through the Fiordland National Park. Starting at the Control Gates of Lake Te Anau the route follows an easy first 6km before it takes a steady climb to the Luxmore Hut. The next 12km offer wonderful views of the South Fiord along the undulating tops before a spectacular descent to the Iris Burn Hut. A gradual 17km journey down the Iris Burn brings competitors to the Moturau Hut on Lake Manapouri and from there a 6km run to the last checkpoint at Rainbow Reach. The home straight follows alongside the Waiau River and back to the Control Gates. This is the 18th year of this popular event and it remains the premier Mountain Running event in New Zealand. The competitors are drawn from all corners of New Zealand as well as around the globe. The men's race record of 4:41:32 is held by Russell Hurring and was set in 1993. Zelah Morrall smashed the women's race record again in 2003 by a further 10 minutes. A number of competitors should complete the course in less than 5 hours. Others may take up to 11 hours. Such an event requires a large support team to operate the checkpoints, provide communications, first aid and other services. Nearly 200 local people contribute in some way to ensure that the event runs smoothly. Thousands of voluntary hours go into organising the race but it is all worth it to make it a major highlight on the Fiordland Calendar. (references) |
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