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	Comet Wild 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Comet Wild 2 is a short-period comet that orbits the Sun once every 6.39 years.
		Before 1974, Wild's orbit was in the outer solar system, ranging between Jupiter's and Uranus' distance from the Sun.
		Because Wild 2 (which is also known as Comet 81P/Wild 2) is in such a pristine condition, scientists chose it as the target of a space mission called Stardust.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /comets/wild_2/wild_2.backup_MetaRefresh (1092 words)

	Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul Wild [pronounced Vilt] of Berne, Switzerland is an astronomer who discovered numerous comets and asteroids.
		Not to be confused with the radio astronomer Paul Wild of Australia.
		He was formerly director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Berne from 1980 to 1991 [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Wild_(Swiss_astronomer) (118 words)

	a-a Encyclopedia Index
		Pa from Paul Johann Anselm Ritter Von Feuerbach to Paul Kruger
		Pa from Paul Varley to Paul Wild Swiss Astronomer
		Pa from Paul Wild Observatory to Paula Scher
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /alpha/p.html (2228 words)

	Stardust: Distinguishing Between Comets Tempel 1 and Wild 2
		Wild 2's morphology (form and structure) includes: steep, near vertical cliffs; house-size boulders; pinnacles; flat-floored craters with near vertical walls; haloed pit craters; overhangs and materials with varying albedo (reflectivity).
		Wild 2 is a short-period (orbital period around the Sun is less than 20 years) comet that orbits the Sun once every 6.39 years.
		Wild 2 is approaching Jupiter's orbit and Tempel 1 is approximately in line with Mars' orbit.
	stardust.jpl.nasa.gov /science/feature001.html (1252 words)

	WILD : Encyclopedia Entry
		wild may be used as an adjective to describe anything which lives in a natural environment (or exists in a "natural state"); see wildlife and list of wild foods.
		Animals or plants are no longer considered "wild" if they have undergone domestication, but may be called "feral" if they return to a natural state.
		In epidemiology and computer security, a virus may be described as "in the wild" if its propagation through a population or system is uncontrolled.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Wild (339 words)

	[18.0] Planets Beyond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Many astronomers believed that that was probably the case, but detecting planets around other far-away stars was simply beyond the technical capabilities of astronomers, at least until the 1990s.
		Unless astronomers observe a star exactly edge-on to the orbital plane of its planets, which is not very likely to happen, then they will see the Doppler shifts only of the component of the motion in that plane, and the mass of the planet will seem smaller.
		Astronomers have proposed models that if a number of very large planets are formed in a star system, they may interact in such a way as to eject some of them into interstellar space and leave the survivors in highly eccentric orbits.
	www.vectorsite.net /taxpl_18.html (4833 words)

	Spacecraft to fly through tail of distant comet - 12/31/03
		The Stardust spacecraft is expected to fly within 186 miles of comet Wild 2 on Friday, collecting samples and snapping photographs.
		The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Stardust spacecraft is expected to pass within 186 miles of the comet Wild 2 as it catches the shimmering gas and dust cloud that envelops the dirty ball of ice and rock.
		Wild 2 is named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild, who discovered the comet in 1978.
	www.detnews.com /2003/technology/0312/31/technology-22833.htm (599 words)

	astronomer - Seekport.co.uk
		An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics.
		The Astronomer Royal was given initial instructions to study the stars in order to develop a reliable method of navigation.
		The typical amateur astronomer takes his or her telescope to the back yard or to an open field where there are few trees to block the night sky and observes for a few hours at a time.
	www.seekport.co.uk /kw/11/Science_and_Nature/astronomer (444 words)

	Encyclopedia: John Paul Wild (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		John Paul Wild (born May 17, 1923 in Sheffield, England) is an Australian radio astronomer.
		Usually known by the name "Paul Wild", but not to be confused with the Swiss astronomer Paul Wild.
		The Paul Wild Observatory at Narrabri, Australia is named after him.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Paul-Wild (134 words)

	Swissair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Swissair, short for "Swiss Air Transport Company Limited," was Switzerland's national air carrier for seventy-one years until 2002.
		On March 31, 2002, it passed out of existence as most of its assets were taken over by Crossair which then changed names to Swiss International Air Lines.
		The asteroid 2138 Swissair discovered on April 17 1968 by the Swiss Astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland.
	www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Swissair (259 words)

	Paul Wild - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are various people named Paul Wild, including two astronomers:
		Paul Wild of Switzerland, who discovered numerous comets and asteroids.
		John Paul Wild (born May 17, 1923) of Australia, specialized in radio astronomy.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Wild (98 words)

	Comet Wild 2
		The comet's nucleus is about 5 km (3 miles) across, so Wild 2 is not an especially large comet.
		Stardust also shot the best images ever taken of the nucleus of a comet during its flyby.
		Image of the nucleus of Comet Wild 2
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/comets/wild_2/wild_2.html&edu=high (433 words)

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		Astronomers also predicted that the discovery could be only the beginning of many others in a short time.
		And it led one world-famed astronomer to speculate that despite the planet's temporature of nearly 2,000 degrees on its starlit side, its dark side might be cold enough to harbor living organisms--or at least the chemistry of life.
		Farflung astronomers were already puzzling over those questions at their computers yesterday, and one tentative answer came from Douglas N. Lin, an astrophysicist at UC Santa Cruz.
	www.unf.edu /~lkmao/planets/news.html (2017 words)

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		Bartlett, A. [Abraham Dee] 1899 Wild Animals in Captivity; Being an Account of the Habits, Food, Management and Treatment of the Beasts and Birds at the 'Zoo' with Reminiscences and Anecdotes, by A. Bartlett.
		PAUL EDMOND BECKWITH (1848-1907) Accession No. 39,211; 42,969 Received 1902; 1904 Beckwith -- an authority on coins, medals and arms -- was an officer in the Pontifical Zouaves, Corp of Pius IX (1867-68), a U.S. Indian Agent (1875-76), and an anthropologist at the United States National Museum.
		Used by the wild Africans as an aid to the memory in an [sic] negotiation of importance.
	voom.si.edu /leopold/early_african_collections.txt (16530 words)

	Comets Wild and Wirtanen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		ESO PR Photo 28a/98 is a composite of seven 2-minute exposures of Comet Wild 2, obtained through a red filter with the VLT Test Camera in the early morning of July 25, 1998.
		Comet Wild 2 moves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit with a period of 6.4 years.
		With an orbital period of 5.5 years, it belongs (as Comet Wild 2 also does) to the so-called Jupiter family of comets, a class of short-period comets whose orbits are repeatedly modified by close encounters with Jupiter.
	www.xs4all.nl /~carlkop/wirtanen.html (1086 words)

	Famous People (2) > The German Way
		Swiss psychologist, psychiatrist and inventor of analytical psychology.
		Born near Basel, Jung was at one time an important collaborator with Sigmund Freud, but he broke with Freud in 1912 in a disagreement over the causes of certain psychological disorders.
		Although considered Swiss, Klee was never granted Swiss citizenship until after his death — despite the fact that he was born, died, and spent half his life in Switzerland.
	www.german-way.com /famous2.html (2100 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science/Health -- Spacecraft to catch distant comet by its gossamer tail
		PASADENA – A hurtling spacecraft should catch a distant comet by its tail on Friday, collecting for return to Earth hundreds of minuscule specks of the primitive material from which the sun, the planets and all living creatures are made, NASA scientists said.
		The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Stardust spacecraft is on track to fly through the shimmering cloud of dust and gas that envelops comet Wild 2, passing within 186 miles of the dirty ball of ice and rock.
		Wild 2 is named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild, who discovered the comet in 1978, four years after Jupiter's strong gravitational pull flung it into the inner solar system after it passed close by the giant planet.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/20031230-1324-ca-cometflyby.html (596 words)

	Class of 1966 News - January 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Paul Schwartz has been Superintendent of the Remote Sensing Division at Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC for almost three years.
		The Division is the Navy's center of excellence for future aircraft and satellite environmental sensors and conducts basic research in many areas of terrestrial, ocean and atmospheric science.
		This is Paul's third career at NRL after first being an astronomer and then an atmospheric scientist.
	alumweb.mit.edu /classes/1966/techrev/9701.html (344 words)

	Stardust \| JPL \| NASA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		This current appearance by Wild 2 (pronounced "Vilt 2"), offers the Stardust team a prime opportunity to prepare for the spacecraft's historic journey by gathering data on the comet's brightness and the size and quantity of its gas and dust particles.
		By observing Wild 2 in both visible and infrared light, the Stardust team will be able to fine-tune models of the comet environment and mission logistics.
		Comet Wild 2, a short-period comet with a six-year orbit, was discovered in 1978 by the Swiss astronomer Paul Wild, after its close encounter with Jupiter in 1974.
	www.bonus.com /contour/StarDust/http@@/stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news5.html (857 words)

	ajc.com \| News \| NASA's Stardust on a winning streak \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		But Comet Wild 2 has been in the solar system's equivalent of a deep freeze, largely unchanged since the planets formed.
		Wild 2 -- pronounced "vilt 2" -- is named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild, who discovered it in 1978.
		They're named after Harvard University astronomer emeritus Fred Whipple, who first designed the "meteor bumpers" for the military in 1946, when flight in deep space was still a dream.
	www.ajc.com /news/content/news/science/0104/03stardust.html (931 words)

	Remote Sensing Tutorial Page 19-21
		About 7000 asteroids have been discovered as individuals so far (some astronomers have estimated a total of at least 400,000 larger than 1 km exist within the solar system; the total number, including small ones is likely well in excess of a million).
		A relatively pristine comet was discovered in January 1988 by the Swiss astronomer Paul Wild (given its German pronunciation as "Vilt").
		Comet Wild 2 was once beyond Jupiter but a close encounter with Jupiter has carried it into an orbit beyond Mars such that it passes Earth about every 6 years.
	rst.gsfc.nasa.gov /Sect19/Sect19_22.html (5027 words)

	Spacecraft to collect comet dust - billingsgazette.com
		PASADENA, Calif. - A spacecraft is on track to catch a comet by its tail later this week, capturing hundreds of specks of dust from the shimmering cloud that envelops the dirty ball of ice and rock, according to NASA.
		During the flyby, Stardust should capture roughly 1,000 particles of dust ripped from Wild 2 (pronounced vilt-two) by streams of gases boiled from the comet's surface by the warming rays of the sun.
		Scientists are eager to study the dust since it represents pristine examples of the building blocks of our solar system, preserved for billions of years by the cold of space.
	www.billingsgazette.com /printme.php?art=rednews/2003/12/31/build/nation/50-cometdust.inc (434 words)

	ASP: Astronomical Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Resource List
		Perhaps the best known field of astronomical pseudo-science is the ancient idea that the position of the Sun, Moon, and planets at the moment we are born somehow affects our subsequent personality, career, or love-life.
		A convicted Swiss embezzler (who wrote part of his best-selling Chariots of the Gods while in jail), Von Daniken claimed that there is a large amount of archaeological evidence that alien visitors helped us build many of the impressive artifacts that ancient civilizations left behind.
		National Center for Science Education: http://www.ncseweb.org/ NCSE is the key organization working to oppose the efforts of creationists and to assist educators who want to present the evolutionary perspective.
	www.astrosociety.org /education/resources/pseudobibprint.html (4759 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Astronomy
		The formidable task of demonstrating its falsity, and of replacing it with a system corresponding to the true relations of the world, was undertaken by the active and exemplary ecclesiastic, Nicholas Copernicus, Canon of Frauenburg (1473-1543).
		The treatise in which it was accomplished, entitled "De Revolutione Orbium Coelestium", saw the light only when its author lay dying; but a dedication to Pope Paul III bespoke the protection of the Holy See for the new and philosophically subversive views which it propounded.
		The criterion of velocilty, whether of recession or approach, is afforded by the shifting of spectral lines from their standard places; and the method was raised to a high grade of accuracy through Dr. Vogel's adaptation, in 1888, of photography to its requirements.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02025a.htm (4544 words)

	NASA to Collect Comet Dust In Search for Cosmic Clues
		Comets such as Wild-2 were made from the debris of stars that had exploded and spewed their matter out through the galaxies, until new stars coalesced to repeat the cycle again and again.
		Comet Wild-2, discovered 21 years ago by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild (pronounced Vilt), is the ideal target for the Stardust mission.
		From research on Earth and from previous spacecraft flights past other comets, astronomers have inferred that the frozen comet bodies contain molecules of minerals, water and many of the hydrocarbons that are crucial precursors of life.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/02/06/MN80118.DTL&type=printable (694 words)

	SWISSAIR FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Swissair, short for "Swiss Air Transport Company Limited," was Switzerland's national air carrier for 71 years (1931-2002).
		First, the Swiss government paid sums to secure current flight operations, and second, the government was the biggest single shareholder (20.3 %, together with cantons about 60 %) of the successor airline Swiss until this company itself was bought by Lufthansa only three years later.
		When Swiss International Air Lines was created, many pilots from the old Crossair began to protest because Swiss intended to pay them the same wages as before, despite all pilots being united in a single company.
	www.gottaorderflowers.com /Swissair (1076 words)

	Zoom Astronomy Glossary: W
		Comet Wild 2 (aka Comet 81P) is the first comet that has been visited by a spacecraft.
		NASA's Stardust Mission rendezvoused with comet Wild 2 in January, 2004.
		Comet Wild 2 is a short-period comet that was discovered by the Swiss astronomer Paul Wild on January 6, 1978.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/astronomy/glossary/indexw.shtml (1081 words)

	Comet-Flyby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A spacecraft is on track to fly through the tail of a comet Friday, collecting hundreds of specks of the primitive material from which the sun, the planets and all living creatures are made, NASA said.
		The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Stardust spacecraft is expected to pass within 300 kilometres of the comet Wild 2 as it catches the shimmering gas and dust cloud that envelops the dirty ball of ice and rock.
		EST Friday, when the comet and probe will be about 390 million kilometres from Earth, mission members said Tuesday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
	www.cp.org /english/online/full/science/031231/g123104A.html (440 words)

	KC AstroNews: 06/01/2004 - 06/30/2004 Astronomy, Space, Extraterrestrial News
		Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the project's financial backer, is expected to vie for the Ansari X prize later this summer.
		Wild 2, named after a Swiss astronomer and pronounced "vilt," also made a strong impression on the 770-pound spacecraft.
		Astronomers thought comets resembled dirty snowballs, conglomerations of ice and rubble such as Halley's Comet, and might release some dust and gas, but not with the force encountered by Stardust.
	www.kahl.net /astroblog/2004_06_01_archive.html (1362 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The first results from the probe, which swooped over the comet Wild 2 on 2 January this year, prove that not all comets are born equal.
		Stardust has revealed that Wild 2 bucks the trend with a rigid core that is able to support near-vertical cliffs and spires of rock.
		The five-kilometre-wide comet was first seen by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild in 1978, and it orbits the Sun once every six and a half years or so.
	www.nature.com /news/2004/040614/pf/040614-8_pf.html (788 words)

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