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1) The angular momentum of a system about a specified origin is the sum over all the particles in the system (or an integral over the different elements of the system if it is continuous) of the vector products of the radius vector joining each particle to the origin and the momentum of the particle. For a closed system it is conserved by virtue of the isotropy of space.
2) The product of mass and angular velocity for an object in rotation; similar to linear momentum. In quantum mechanics, angular momentum is quantized, i.e., is measured in indivisible units equivalent to Planck's constant divided by 2 pi. This corresponds classically to only certain frequencies of rotation being allowed.
Industry:Astronomy
The angle subtended by an object on the sky. For example, the angular size of the moon is 30 arcminutes.
Industry:Astronomy
The condition in which the universe appears different in different directions.
Industry:Astronomy
The direction in the sky away from which the Sun seems to be moving (at a speed of 19.4 km s-1) relative to general field stars in the Galaxy.
Industry:Astronomy
The weak form of the anthropic principle states that life can exist only during a brief period of the history of our universe. The strong form of the principle states that out of all possible values for the fundamental constants of nature and the initial conditions of the universe, only a small fraction could allow life to form at all, at anytime. (See boundary conditions; fundamental constants of nature..)
Industry:Astronomy
The projection of human attributes onto nonhuman entities such as animals, the planets, or the universe as a whole.
Industry:Astronomy
1) The direction of the sky opposite to that of the galactic center.
2) The point in the galactic plane that lies directly opposite the galactic center. Here we gaze toward the edge of the Galactic disk. The nearest bright star to the anticenter is El Nath, in the constellation Taurus.
Industry:Astronomy
metalloid element with three forms. The metallic form is the more stable and is bright, silvery, hard and brittle
Industry:Astronomy
