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From 1948 to 1997, the Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems in Russia found that geomagnetic activity showed three seasonal peaks each of those years
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There is a way to generate the ephemeris, but it is slightly involved. The website to use is https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi which is maintained by JPL. There
Change in earth’s orbital velocity over 1 year Actual JPL Ephemera Data Note the strange bumps in the acceleration near the time of perigee and
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the scientific method: The scientific method is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments. The steps of the
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