Orbiting Solar Observatory

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QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

The service module also deploys four arrays of solar panels.
To Infinity and Beyond! NASA’s Orion Mission Blasts Off|Matthew R. Francis|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And so there has been a boom in placing solar fields on top of landfills.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In essence, they placed a bunch of solar panels in the form of a suspension bridge on top of the lift.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At the end of October, the first landfill solar field in New York State was completed.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Captain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
There is no reason to suppose that his is the only Solar System: there may be many millions of solar systems.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
For aught we know, there may be millions of systems, each containing millions of solar systems.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Reckoning that Neptune is the outermost planet of the solar system, that system would have a diameter of 5,584 millions of miles.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
It would require some hours before he attained to the outer limit of the solar system.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler