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  * Pan - (Astronomy): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pan, the innermost known satellite, was found from photographs taken by Voyager during its encounter with Saturn.
Pan is one of the smaller of the many moons of Saturn.
Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the lyre, to a trial of skill.
en.mimi.hu /astronomy/pan.html   (859 words)

  
 Pan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pan, a genus of apes composed of the Common Chimpanzee and the Bonobo
Pan (Dragon Ball), a fictional character from the anime Dragon Ball Z
Pan- as a prefix means involving all members of that group (such as Pan-African or Pan-American).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pan   (208 words)

  
 Pan (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pan (pan, Greek Πάν) is a moon of Saturn, named after the god Pan.
Pan is within the Encke division in Saturn's A Ring; it acts as a shepherd and is responsible for keeping the Encke gap open.
The existence of such a moon in the Encke division was first predicted by Jeffrey N. Cuzzi and Jeffrey N. Scargle in 1985.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pan_(moon)   (335 words)

  
 Saturn's Satellite Pan
Pan is located 133,583 kilometers from the center of Saturn and is within the Encke Gap of Saturn's A-ring.
Pan is located in the center of the small box within the Encke gap.
Pan is shown enlarged and enhanced in the inset box.
www.solarviews.com /eng/pan.htm   (153 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Saturn (planet)
One theory, originally proposed by Édouard Roche in the 19th century, is that the rings were once a moon of Saturn whose orbit decayed until it came close enough to be ripped apart by tidal forces (see Roche limit).
A variation of this theory is that the moon disintegrated after being struck by a large comet or asteroid.
Some gaps are cleared out by the passage of tiny moonlets such as Pan, many more of which may yet be undiscovered, and some ringlets seem to be maintained by the gravitational effects of small shepherd satellites such as Prometheus and Pandora.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saturn-(planet)   (8615 words)

  
 NASA - Revealing Pan's Influence
Saturn's moon Pan is seen here orbiting within the Encke Gap in Saturn's A ring in two differently processed versions of the same Cassini image.
Pan is responsible for creating stripes, called 'wakes,' in the ring material on either side of it.
Because of this, the disturbances caused by Pan on the inner gap edge are ahead of the moon.
www.nasa.gov /mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia07528.html   (481 words)

  
 Saturn's Small Moons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pan was the god of woods, fields, and flocks, having a human torso and head with a goat's legs, horns, and ears.
Prior to the discovery of Pan, an analysis of the patterns in the edge of Saturn's A ring predicted the size and location of a small moon.
Pan was discovered by reexamining the 10 year old Voyager photos at the predicted spot.
www.seds.org /nineplanets/nineplanets/satmoons.html   (246 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Business - Facts of the Matter
The moon has been source of boundless fascination throughout recorded history because is it the biggest and brightest thing in the night sky, it changes its location in the sky faster than any other object, and its changing phases distinguish it even further from all other celestial objects.
The Romans knew the moon as Luna, equivalent to Selene, the white-faced moon goddess of Greek mythology who was known for her countless love affairs, with the shepherd Endymion, Zeus with whom she had three daughters, and Pan by whom she bore a herd of white oxen.
The phases of the moon are lighting effects caused by the angle between the sun, Earth, and the moon.
starbulletin.com /2004/04/18/business/brill.html   (1779 words)

  
 Pan (moon) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pan (pan, Greek Πάν) is a (Any natural satellite of a planet) moon of (A giant planet which is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; 6th planet from the sun) Saturn, named after the god (Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel) Pan.
Pan is within the (Click link for more info and facts about Encke division) Encke division in Saturn's (Click link for more info and facts about A Ring) A Ring; it acts as a (A clergyman who watches over a group of people) shepherd and is responsible for keeping the Encke gap open.
The existence of such a moon in the (Click link for more info and facts about Encke division) Encke division was first predicted by Jeffrey N. Cuzzi and Jeffrey N. Scargle in 1985.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/pan_(moon).htm   (681 words)

  
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This moon, named Pan, orbits in the Encke gap, which is within the A ring, near the outer edge.
If a moon collided with a large enough ring particle, it could be fractured or lost against the background ring material.
Scientists suspect other moons are lurking in the rings, creating some of the other gaps in the main rings.
quest.arc.nasa.gov /saturn/qa/moons/Are_moons_of_Saturn_in_rings_.txt   (219 words)

  
 In the Beginning was the Word ~ side two ~ The Purple Piper
"Pan is the symbol of the universe, the personification of nature, representative of all the Gods.
Pan is the half man, half goat that to many Christians has come to represent the very image of the devil - perhaps because he is the God and champion of those wild beings that came to be so feared by civilization."
And so the "tune" of the "purple piper" could be said to be the "call of nature" or instinct (as opposed to intellect).
www.songsouponsea.com /Promenade/Court3AACourt.html   (500 words)

  
 Astronmers Name Voyager's Discoveries, Including Six of Neptune's Satellites
The six Neptunian moons discovered by Voyager 2 were named Naiad and Galatea, both water nymphs; Thalassa and Larissa, both lovers of Poseidon; Proteus, one of the god's sons; and Despina, a daughter.
Showalter found the 12-mile-wide moon on July 2, 1990, while analyzing pictures of Saturn and its environs taken by Voyagers 1 and 2 when the twin spacecraft explored that planet in 1980 and 1981.
Pan was the mythological Greek god of fields, forests, wild animals, flocks and shepherds.
partners.nytimes.com /library/national/science/100191sci-nasa-neptune.html   (396 words)

  
 Universe Today - Saturn's Moon Pan
Pan is only 26 km (16 miles) across, and it lives inside the Encke Gap.
Cassini turns its gaze toward Saturn's outer A ring to find the moon Pan coasting behind one of the thin ringlets which it shares with the Encke Gap.
Understanding the influence of Saturn's moons on its immense ring system is one of the goals of the Cassini mission.
www.universetoday.com /am/publish/saturn_ring_a_moon_pan.html   (419 words)

  
 San Antonio Current : Restaurants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pork, scallion, ginger, and glass noodles are among the components of the delicate filling, and the wrapper, spangled with fl sesame seeds, is tender to the point of tears.
The Pacific Moon Special Soup could also belong to any of a number of cultures - even Vietnamese - but its unique quality lies in the stir frying of the major krab, shrimp, and vegetable components before they are added to the chicken broth with rice noodle base.
The full magnitude of Pacific Moon's pan-Asian approach has only been hinted at so far; it's not until you arrive at a dish such as Han San pork that all becomes clear - or as clear as it is going to get.
calendar.sacurrent.com /restaurants/place.asp?id=1785   (1340 words)

  
 Pan Tails   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pan is the God of the cosmic whole.
Pan's torso is purely human, His face represents the sky, His God head wise and prophetic with the power of creating music and His horns representing the Sun and the Moon.
At childbirth Pan's mother was so frightened by her hybrid offspring, with His human torso and face and His goat horns, ears, legs and tail, that she abandoned Him.
members.aol.com /CumPANion4/Ptail.htm   (231 words)

  
 JPL.NASA.GOV: Cassini Finds New Saturn Moon That Makes Waves
Cassini's confirmation that a small moon orbits within the Keeler gap in Saturn's rings is made all the more exciting by this image, in which the disk of the 7 kilometer-wide body (4-miles) is resolved for the first time.
The moon, provisionally named S/2005 S1, was first seen in a time- lapse sequence of images taken on May 1, 2005, as Cassini began its climb to higher inclinations in orbit around Saturn.
The similarities of the Keeler gap features to those noted in Saturn's F ring and the Encke gap led imaging scientists to conclude that a small body, a few kilometers across, was lurking in the center of the Keeler gap, awaiting discovery.
www.jpl.nasa.gov /news/news-print.cfm?release=2005-074   (775 words)

  
 Pan - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pan could mean any of the following things, follow the links for more information on the separate subjects:
Pan, Greece, a village in NW Arcadia, Greece
Pan as a prefix means involving all members of that group.
www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Pan   (93 words)

  
 Universe Today - Pan's Influence on the Rings
Summary - (Jun 24, 2005) NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this photograph of Saturn's moon Pan, embedded in the Encke Gap in Saturn's A ring.
Pan is only 20 km (12 miles) across, but the effect of its gravity is quite impressive on the fragile rings.
Saturn's moon Pan makes ripples in the rings as it orbits the planet.
www.universetoday.com /am/publish/pans_influence_rings.html?2462005   (646 words)

  
 Cassini-Huygens: Kids Space-Fun Facts
Mimas (MY-mass), one of the innermost moons of Saturn, was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel.
The impact that caused the crater probably came close to shattering the moon.
The tiny moon Pan, one of Saturn's smallest moons, orbits within Saturn's A-Ring and helps clear out an area between the rings called the Encke Gap.
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov /kids/fun-facts-moons.cfm   (311 words)

  
 * Pandora - (Astronomy): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pandora ("pan DOR uh") is the fourth of 's known satellites: : 141,700 km from Saturn : 84 km (114 x 84 x 62) : 2.2e17 kg In Greek mythology Pandora was the first woman,...
Pandora is one of the smaller of the 18 moons of Saturn.
The ring is braided as a result of the gravitational perturbations of the two satellites...
www.bestknows.com /astronomy/pandora.html   (311 words)

  
 Review: The Triumph of the Moon by Ron Hutton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Significantly, Pan reached the peak of his popularity between 1895 and 1914, when he appeared in prose fiction by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Grahame (in Wind in the Willows), and even E.M. Forster.
Over time, Pan metamorphoses from a largely idyllic god of warm summers and meadows to the sexually rampant horned god of Aleister Crowley.
Hutton claims to be the only scholar to have had access to over 21 covens over a period of eight years from 1981, and he certainly has an impressive grasp of magic, religion and philosophy as it relates to England over the last 300 years.
www.supertarot.co.uk /resource/hutton.htm   (1304 words)

  
 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Episode 1 Play-By-Play)
Pan up from her ankle to reveal Sailor V. She is holding a crescent moon near her mask.
Then we see Jupiter, Mercury (who in proportion is smaller than them all), and Moon (who is larger in proportion to everyone else.) Mercury lets go a stream of water, Jupiter has green energy and Moon waves her moon stick.
Pan across Usagi’s bedroom from the bed sheets to two alarm clocks to a CD alarm clock to an ‘Aino Minako’ poster (in a cowboy hat) above her bed.
www.genvid.com /archives/1022032.html   (4490 words)

  
 Ning Pan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Theoretical and experimental analysis of mechinical properties of textile and polymer materials and structures; strength and fracture behavior of fiber structures; continum mechanics of fiber structures; continum mechanics of fibrous assembiles; objective measurements and evaluations of fabric performance; analysis of paper and fiber composites; transport properties of fibrous assemblies.
Pan, N., On the Mechanics of Blended Yarns, Journal of Federation of Asian Professional Textile Associations, V3,19-33.
Pan, N.,Theoretical Determination of The optimal fiber volume fraction and fiber-matrix property compatibility for short fiber reinforced composites, Polymer Composites, V.14, p.85-93.
trc.ucdavis.edu /textiles/faculty/ning_pan.htm   (2591 words)

  
 Rednova NEWS | Cassini Continues Making New Discoveries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trojan moons are found near gravitationally stable points ahead or behind a larger moon.
Image C is a dark-side image of the outer edge of the Encke gap, with a resolution of about 270 meters (886 feet) pixel, taken 18 degrees upstream from the moon Pan, which inhabits the gap.
Prometheus's orbit is elliptical, and brings the moon as close to Saturn as the outer edge of R/2004 S2 and as far away from the planet as the inner sharp boundary of Saturn's F ring.
www.rednova.com /modules/news/tools.php?tool=print&id=130757   (2683 words)

  
 APOD: 2004 July 2 - The Encke Gap: A Moon Goes Here   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
A mere 300 kilometers wide, the Encke Gap is flanked by amazing structures within the rings -- scalloped edges and patterns of density waves are clear in the sharp image.
moon, Pan, was also detected by Cassini's camera as the spacecraft approached the
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap040702.html   (174 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Keeping up with real change is vital to your business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pan Am became the most famous, most glamorous airline of them all.
When the Pan Am building in New York was completed in 1963, it was the largest commercial office building in the world.
Pan Am was unable to reinvent itself amid all the new competition.
www.usatoday.com /money/smallbusiness/columnist/strauss/2003-04-28-changes_x.htm   (658 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | Cassini | Cassini finds treasures among Saturn's rings, moons
One especially intriguing result is the eccentric and slightly inclined configuration of the orbit of the moon, Pan, which maintains the Encke gap in Saturn's A ring.
If Pan's orbit can be kept eccentric by this interaction, then planets growing in a disk of material surrounding a star may also have eccentric orbits - a conclusion that may help explain the eccentric orbits of planets being discovered today orbiting other stars in our galaxy.
Trojan moons are those found near stable 'Lagrange points', situated 60 degrees ahead or behind a larger moon in its orbit around a planet.
spaceflightnow.com /cassini/050224science.html   (1252 words)

  
 Pagan Awareness Network Australia
The full moon circles are one of the continuing things that PAN Inc is doing for the community.
PAN's full moon circles are covered by the association’s public liability insurance as one of its public events (see the subcommittee page for other events and groups covered).
PAN's circles are the only regular full moon circles run in Sydney that are open to absolutely anyone.
www.paganawareness.net.au /fullmoon.html   (371 words)

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