(Encyclopedia) quadrature, in astronomy, arrangement of two celestial bodies at right angles to each other as viewed from a reference point. If the reference point is the earth and the sun is one of…
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(Encyclopedia) Roche limit, the closest distance that a celestial body held together only by its own gravity can come to a planet without being pulled apart by the planet's tidal (gravitational)…
Conrad Moffat BlackfinancierBorn: 8/25/1944Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada After studying at Carleton, Laval, and McGill universities, he went into business, ultimately gaining control…
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