February 15, 2008
There is going to be a total lunar eclipse on February 20-21, 2008. Here is the time line of this event.
| Eclipse Event |
PST |
MST |
CST |
EST |
| Penumbra First Visible |
—– |
6:05pm |
7:05pm |
8:05pm |
| Partial Eclipse Begins |
5:43pm |
6:43pm |
7:43pm |
8:43pm |
| Total Eclipse Begins |
7:00pm |
8:00pm |
9:00pm |
10:00pm |
| Mid-Eclipse |
7:26pm |
8:26pm |
9:26pm |
10:26pm |
| Total Eclipse Ends |
7:52pm |
8:52pm |
9:52pm |
10:52pm |
| Partial Eclipse Ends |
9:09pm |
10:09pm |
11:09pm |
12:09am |
| Penumbra Last Visible |
9:45pm |
10:45pm |
11:45pm |
12:45am |
I am posting a picture I found that shows all stages of the lunar eclipse. Happy Eclipse Watching!
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February 15, 2008
On October 14, 1947, Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager became the first human to ever break the sound barrier.
The aircraft that General Yeager flew was the Bell-X1 which he named after his wife. His X-1 was called “Glamorous Glennis.”
Sound is described as vibration that travels through an elastic medium as a wave
Speed of Sound - describes how much distance such a wave travels in a given amount of time. This can only be done in dry air with a temperature of 21 C or 70 F
The actual speed of sound is: 344m/s OR 1230km/h OR 770mph OR 1130ft/s
I found some amazing pictures of different aircraft actually breaking the sound barrier. ENJOY!!
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February 15, 2008
This weeks Friday Factoids will be focused on pet rats and general rat lore.
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February 11, 2008
Jason Derek Brown is currently wanted by the FBI for Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, First degree murder, and Armed robbery. According to FOXNews.com, a pair of armored car agents were working their delivery and pickup rounds after the Thanksgiving weekend 2004 in the Phoenix, Arizona area. While on one of their stops, Keith Palomares, 24, left the armored car and his partner stayed with the vehicle. On his return to the vehicle he was approached by a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.
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February 8, 2008
Another week of Friday Factoids:
FACT: The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
FACT: The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
FACT: There are only four words in the English language which end in “- dous“: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
FACT: There are more chickens than people in the world
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February 1, 2008
It is hard for me to believe that it is five years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas while making its re-entry on 1 February 2003. I remember that day rather vividly, my father was up at my college for the day to visit. We had just come back from getting lunch when my roommate turned on the TV to see the horrific coverage of the loss of STS-107 and its seven crew members.While we are a day late for NASA’s official Day of Remembrance (31 January), I’d like to take the time to remember all those who put their lives first to further the exploration of space. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 1, 2008
This weeks Friday Fact(oid)s come to us via an email from my wife.
FACT: A polar bear’s skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
FACTOID: More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
FACT: The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
FACT: Almonds are members of the peach family.
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January 31, 2008
Starting tomorrow, Friday 1 February 2008, there will be a weekly selection of facts and factoids for your enjoyment. In case you didn’t know, here are the definitions of fact and factoid from dictionary.com.
fact - noun: something that actually exists; reality; truth
factoid - noun: an insignificant or trivial factan insignificant or trivial fact
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