Culminate
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in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit.
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Auriga culminates around 10 pm in early January. It is crossed by the Milky Way and contains numerous open star clusters and nebulae.
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The decline culminated in a controversy over succession to the throne which consumed the first years of the 18th century.
Greek astronomy culminated in the school of Alexandria. It was, soon after its foundation, illustrated by the labours of Aristyllus and Timocharis (c. 320-260 B.C.), ...
An object is said to culminate when it reaches its highest point in the sky. For northern observers, this occurs when the object is due South. For southern observers when it is due North..
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A step-by-step process that culminates in a climactic event, each step being performed in accordance with a schedule marked by a count in inverse numerical order; specifically, ...
The Sun culminates at 70° altitude and also its daily path at sunrise and sunset occurs at a steep 70° angle to the horizon. Twilight is still about one hour.
*The day arc on 50° latitude. Twilight is almost two hours now.
The massive arms race of the Nineteenth Century finally culminated in a war which involved every powerful nation in the world - The Great War.
Many years of both observational and theoretical works culminated in 1925, when Cecilia Payne published her PhD thesis entitled 'Stellar Atmospheres' (Footnote: this was the first ever PhD awarded at Harvard; ...
The discussion culminated in the so-called "Shapley--Curtis Debate" in 1920. Two astronomers, Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis got together and debated the question "are the nebulae associated with our galaxy?
This was the first step along a path that one day may culminate with our realising that humanity is part of a galactic culture of intelligent life, scattered across the light years between the stars.
The so-called Mycenaean civilization culminated in this period, which features in the famous epics of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Culmination An object culminates when it reaches greatest and least altitudes ( upper culmination and their lower culmination respectively). For non circumpolar objects, the lower culmination is below the horizon.
The dark secret of this new leader, Shinzon, brings Picard into conflict in a way he never thought possible, and culminates in a fight to save Earth from a terrible weapon - at great cost.
The long history of myths, dreams, fiction, science, and technology surrounding space travel culminated in the dramatic launching of the first artificial orbiting earth satellite, Sputnik 1, by the USSR on Oct. 4, 1957.
While it is not yet a hypernova, it is suspected that it will probably become one relatively soon due to its unstable patterns of brightness and dimness over the past 150 years that has culminated recently in an intensive brightening spell.
The lessons culminate in two "missions" that simulate a planetary scientist's interaction with landing site data. Though there is no official target grade level, the pre-packaged curriculum is appropriate for students in grades 7-10.
The course culminates with students presenting their findings to NASA scientists and touring Goddard Space Flight Center.
His theoretical and experimental work on the viscosity of gases also was undertaken during these years and culminated in a lecture to the Royal Society in 1866.
A simulated rendezvous of the LM returning from a lunar mission with the orbiting CSM culminated in docking at 19:02 UT.
* The Pleiades star cluster culminates at midnight on or near November 21. Therefore, even though you can't see it, the Circle of Chiefs transits at its highest point in the sky (over the smoke hole) around noontime on this date.
NASA puts it this way: Knowing "where we come from" means understanding how the great chain of events unleashed after the Big Bang culminated in us and in everything we observe today.
Culmination The instant when a celestial body crosses the meridian; an object culminates when it reaches its highest point above the observers horizon.
Gordon's persistence culminated in the construction of the Arecibo Observatory which began in the summer of 1960. Three years later the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory (AIO) was in operation under the direction of Gordon.
For inhabitants of the southern hemisphere, Canopus announces the beginning of summer, for it culminates on December 27.
This article will highlight and explain the key areas in which the Moon has both directly and indirectly influenced the emergence and evolution of life on the Earth, a process that has culminated in the development of an intelligent, ...
CULMINATION
Culmination is the highest altitude that a celestial object attains above the horizon (as seen from Earth); an object culminates as it crosses the observer's meridian.
CURTATE
Curtate means shortened or abbreviated.
Further verification of the heliocentricity of the solar system came gradually, with innumerable observational tests that culminated with the expeditions of our unmanned space probes of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
High rates are expected between 2008 and 2011. The radiant rises at about 2 am in New Zealand, so observation is best from about 5 am by which time the radiant has a reasonable altitude. The radiant culminates at about 08h local time.
The activity culminates with students taking turns sharing their myths with classmates. Each construction paper constellation should be placed on the overhead and projected onto the screen in a darkened room as its accompanying myth is being shared.
 See also: Time, Second, Field, Earth, Period
  
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