All you need to know about Eclipses

Ever heard of eclipses? I am sure you must have. Ever seen one? If you have then you are very lucky, and if you have observed a total or annular solar eclipse you are even luckier and I am jealous. The word eclipse is derived from the ancient Greek noun ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis), which means “the abandonment”, “the downfall”, or “the darkening of a heavenly body.

What is an Eclipse?

For any two objects in space, a line can be extended from the first through the second. The latter object will block some amount of light being emitted by the former, creating a region of shadow around the axis of the line. Typically these objects are moving with respect to each other and their surroundings, so the resulting shadow will sweep through a region of space, only passing through any particular location in the region for a fixed interval of time. As viewed from such a location, this shadowing event is known as an eclipse.

Typically the cross-section of the objects involved in an astronomical eclipse are roughly disk shaped. The region of an object’s shadow during an eclipse is divided into three parts:

The umbra, within which the object completely covers the light source. For the Sun, this light source is the photosphere.
The antumbra, extending beyond the tip of the umbra, within which the object is completely in front of the light source but too small to completely cover it.
The penumbra, within which the object is only partially in front of the light source.

Eclipses on Earth

On earth lunar eclipses and solar eclipses are the major form of eclipses which occur here on Earth.

Lunar eclipse:

The Moon moves in an orbit around Earth. At the same time, Earth orbits the Sun. Sometimes Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon. When this happens, Earth blocks the sunlight that normally is reflected by the Moon. Instead of light hitting the Moon’s surface, Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon. This is an eclipse of the Moon, or a lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse can occur only when the Moon is full. A lunar eclipse usually lasts for a few hours. At least two partial lunar eclipses happen every year, but total lunar eclipses are rare. It is safe to look at a lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse can be seen from Earth at night.

There are two types of lunar eclipses:

Total lunar eclipse- A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon and the Sun are on exact opposite sides of Earth. Although the Moon is in Earth’s shadow, some sunlight reaches the Moon. The sunlight passes through Earth’s atmosphere, which filters out most of the blue light. This makes the Moon appear red to people on Earth.
Partial lunar eclipse-A partial lunar eclipse happens when part of the Moon enters Earth’s shadow. In a partial eclipse, Earth’s shadow appears very dark on the side of the Moon facing Earth. What people see from Earth during a partial lunar eclipse depends on how the Sun, Earth and Moon align.

Solar Eclipse:

Sometimes when the Moon orbits Earth, the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth. When this happens, the Moon blocks the light of the Sun from reaching Earth. This causes an eclipse of the Sun, or a solar eclipse. During a solar eclipse, the Moon casts a shadow onto Earth. Solar eclipses happen every 18 months somewhere on Earth. Unlike lunar eclipses, solar eclipses last only a few minutes.

There are three main types of solar eclipses:

Total solar eclipse: A total solar eclipse is visible from a small area on Earth. The people who see the total eclipse are in the center of the Moon’s shadow when it hits Earth. The sky becomes very dark, as if it were night. For a total eclipse to occur, the Sun, Moon and Earth must be in a direct line.
Partial solar eclipse: This happens when the Sun, Moon and Earth are not exactly aligned. The Sun appears to have a dark shadow on a small part of its surface.
Annular solar eclipse: An annular eclipse happens when the Moon is farthest from Earth. Because the Moon is farther away, it seems smaller. It does not block the entire view of the Sun. The Moon in front of the Sun looks like a dark disk on top of a larger Sun-colored disk. This creates what looks like a ring around the Moon.

Eclipses on other planets

The gas giant planets have many moons and thus frequently display eclipses. The most striking involve Jupiter, which has four large moons and a low axial tilt, making eclipses more frequent as these bodies pass through the shadow of the larger planet. Transits occur with equal frequency. It is common to see the larger moons casting circular shadows upon Jupiter’s cloud tops.

On the other three gas giants (Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) eclipses only occur at certain periods during the planet’s orbit, due to their higher inclination between the orbits of the moon and the orbital plane of the planet. The moon Titan, for example, has an orbital plane tilted about 1.6° to Saturn’s equatorial plane. But Saturn has an axial tilt of nearly 27°. The orbital plane of Titan only crosses the line of sight to the Sun at two points along Saturn’s orbit. As the orbital period of Saturn is 29.7 years, an eclipse is only possible about every 15 years.

On Mars, only partial solar eclipses (transits) are possible, because neither of its moons is large enough, at their respective orbital radii, to cover the Sun’s disc as seen from the surface of the planet. Eclipses of the moons by Mars are not only possible, but commonplace, with hundreds occurring each Earth year. There are also rare occasions when Deimos is eclipsed by Phobos.Martian eclipses have been photographed from both the surface of Mars and from orbit.

Pluto, with its proportionately largest moon Charon, is also the site of many eclipses. A series of such mutual eclipses occurred between 1985 and 1990. These daily events led to the first accurate measurements of the physical parameters of both objects.

Eclipses in 2021

May 26, 2021 — Total Lunar Eclipse
Jun 10, 2021 – Annular Solar Eclipse
Nov 18–19, 2021 — Partial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 4, 2021 – Total Solar Eclipse

Scientists use solar eclipses as an opportunity to study the Sun’s corona. The corona is the Sun’s top layer. During an annular eclipse, NASA uses ground and space instruments to view the corona when the Moon blocks the Sun’s glare.

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-an-eclipse-58/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse

Longinus on ‘the Sublime’

In terms of its influence in modern literary criticism, aesthetics and philosophy of art, Longinus’s Theory of Sublime is a very critical piece of work. He is placed second to Aristotle’s Poetics by many scholars. Peri Hypsous is simply a rhetorical treatise offering an especially strong inclination of the awe-inspiring or high style of quality writing siding with the glories of written literature.

The ownership of the treatise is a debate since its emergence during the Italian Renaissance with several manuscripts around until the initial publication by Italian humanist and philologist Francesco Robortello shaping the pre-existing dominant ideas in the world of literary criticism by Horace and Aristotle. The Theory of Sublimity is considered to be subjective as well as intersubjective on account of literary practice. The entirety of Longinus’s work is constructed over the notion of expressing greatness in one’s language and that being an important precursor for a writer, it also adds to what his predecessors helped shape the art of writing and diction. Longinus’s approach is characterised as distinctive and original on its precisely subjective drift: its focus on the creative and receptive facet of verbal arts, on the wit of the writer and affect on the audience is a crucial role of the text.
In western thought, the theory of Hysous is seen at length from its production contesting that the theory doubles itself as a theory of Genius. Longinus has also successfully inclined towards sublime being considered as a dual experience of simultaneously being overwhelming and elevating, dominating and exalting.
We are acquainted with the five forces of Sublimity; 1) Grandeur of thought and ability to form grand conception & 2) Powerful and inspired emotions – These are related to writers innate or natural capacity. 3) The effective use of stylistic & rhetorical figures as a means of increasing emotional impact of literature, 4) Noble diction & phrasing — the skilful use of metaphors and other figures of speech & 5) Dignified & elevated composition, most effective arrangements of words – is an artificially gained tool for achieving sublimity. The nurtured virtue in an author who must skilfully cultivate into the feeling in what he/she writes is proposed as; Sublimity as the echo of noble mind, could be a viable thought. “Sublimity is” for Longinus, “a kind of eminence or excellence of discourse. It is the source of distinction of the very greatest poets and prose writers and the means by which they have given eternal of their own fame.” It’s a discussed that the hypsous is intrinsically related to logos — translated as discourse; that the thought and diction — is inherently linked to the nobility of supreme and that a piece of art containing flashes of Sublimity — for a text need not be dripping in Sublimity but its position could be elevated with just these flashes — is universal and transhistorical.
The Sublimity of a text is acknowledged by its affect; its feeling and emotion, and so the most consequential way of defining sublimity of a text is by describing its affect on the audience.

Love or Hate: Starbucks Version

Is being a Starbucks fanatic such a big deal that people make it out as?

Objectively speaking, the prices that is associated with the drink stands an international bench mark, it is equated to the dollar-value and thus to create a sense of uniformity, the drinks are priced the way they are, because of it.

But even beyond that, if you are a coffee lover and there aren’t any local shops that cater to such an extensive variety in coffee, sure I’d try that, but majority of shops/cafes have very restrictive and cliché orders, which doesn’t serve me any purpose because that not my drink of choice. The lack of tolerance or control or the displeased expression that people sport when you talk about Starbucks to anyone, is uncalled for, but sure everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Moving on, this isn’t a bitter post towards those who hate Starbucks. But, the when accounting to the fact that I could spend hours there, chatting or just watching a movie, probably working too, and no one would bother interrupting me, nor am I engaging with the hustle bustle of the boisterous town around me, then I don’t see a problem, I can just be an escapist sitting under gloomy, warmly lit walls with sweet heavenly scent of brewing coffee and baked goods, I don’t see why that isn’t a good thing, for me, and that’s important, it is what matters the most.

Lastly, it’s quite redundant to keep on dragging this futile discussion amongst people because it’s sometimes doesn’t need to be about the money, or anything else, it just has to be with what someone is comfortable with and what suits them the best, everyone needs to respect the other based on their discussion where the want to spend their money and time.

There’s nothing boujie or pretenscious about taking care of what you want. And don’t feel guilty about it nor feel obligated about answering to anyone.

Ideology defined by Louis Althusser

Figuring out what Ideology is, when understanding these Marxist terminology, it’s important to look at these ideas not as obsolete reality but an ever evolving pervasive concept. Karl Marx, has his own definition of Ideology as ideas and beliefs set out by the dominant class of a society for everyone to obey and thus justify the actions of the dominant class in any society. Here, Louis Althusser sets out with his own interpretation and has worked in “On The Reproduction Of Capitalism: Ideology And Ideological State Apparatuses”, that; i) Ideology has no history, it is eternal; ii) Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence; iii) Ideology has a material (or spiritual) existence; iv) Ideology interpellates individuals as subjects. The four of these points become a pinnacle to what Althusser insists in the nature of Ideology.

These 4 parameters help us understand its nature, to what Ideology represents, for when man entered the state of nature, by subscribing to ideas and beliefs, we subscribed to this ideology, which though speaks of, no history in itself, it’s still is an implicit force that drives the Capitalistic existence, although omnipresent. And leading on to the second point, that “men represent their real conditions of existence to themselves in an imaginary form”. Who one is, is just another fragmented idea of you, which Lacan also states in the Mirror Stage and this is crucial in the understanding of this idea as well, that ideology works within multiplicity of narratives, conscious or unconscious, that shapes or has the ability to shape one’s identity. When the material existence of ideology is brought up, it is the material practices, ritual, and action that works under Ideology, unsuspecting and yet controlling one within their grasp. And lastly, Althusser believes, ideology interpellates individuals as subjects – their subjection to the category of subjects. There is no ideology except by the subject and for subjects, which by working seamlessly and weaving thoroughly over the three previous paradigms to concreticise the concept of ideology.

One could say, Althusser’s insight about the “social unconscious” when it comes to assessing the concrete political realities and struggles, is thus become not just another crucial point to define and understand Ideology, but in itself a very significant negotiation of the concept of ideology in itself.

You’ve graduated, now what?

Never give up on an opportunity for education, to educate yourself is a very pivoting experience.

The seemingly biggest existential crisis for most of us, if not all, hits when you’ve finally graduated but can’t focus on what is the next right step. This comes with a lot of challenges and pressures, but always remember; to focus on what you want, these are the years where you can mess up, pick up the pieces and move forward, do that, unabashedly.

Are you scared, or not ready to take up your Masters? Or do you want to look for a stable job right away? This is your life, and you get the reigns for it, no matter the pressure, don’t let people fool you into pursuing what you weren’t read for, these people are not gonna be around forever to scrutinise you, we all just need to learn to create healthy boundaries.

Make sure you are engaging yourself with all sorts of information and not just one sided research thrusted upon you by someone. That’s got to be your first step.

Think clear of long term goals before pursuing any thing, imaging what do you consider of yourself in the next 10 years, and plan accordingly.

If the situation isn’t favourable now, that doesn’t necessarily should spiral you into depression, work hard on proving a plan, it seems superficial for some, but it always works.

Have your plans gone sour? No worries, it’s not the end of the world, nothing truly happening to you is, just keep a calm mind and multiple options at your disposal; never put all your eggs in one basket.

Your degree doesn’t satisfy what you had planned, get another one, it’s just matter of years you’d put in, and it would be enlightening.

Take up courses, brush up your skills, know more and have the zeal to learn and tackle anything, and that’s it for you, if you could just wholesomely tackle anything that is in you way, you can surely win over all your situations.

But, most importantly, don’t run behind something or someone, you’re young, you’re going to make mistakes and you need to own upto it, but sticking to someone or something would always narrow down your path while you just want to do the opposite.

Just make sure that you —no matter what’s the situation is in ahead of you don’t loose faith in yourself, even when no one truly are standing besides you; because its always empty at the top 😉

Getting New Tempo of Life from Nanak Singh

Looking Back to inmost salient lion from North-west corner of India:

The milieu where we are going through, reminds us of such a beacon whose life was out of the world of ceramic painting. In the prevailing situation in where myriad of youths are gloomy and distracted, all the deluge of depression and ‘break-up’ with our soul & courage, that poet-cum-author pillages our interest towards his escapade in the worrit situation he passed through, not lying on fortune’s lap.

“It seems to imply that in the lifeblood of our society, red corpuscles have disappeared.”
From Novel Chitta Lahu (White Blood), by Nanak Singh

Yes, we are talking about that very Panjabi author — Nanak Singh. This Indian poet, songwriter & novelist of Panjabi language made a royal entry to this world on the 4th July, 1897 through a poor Punjabi Hindu family. His literature produced crackles in the period of India’s Independence movement. If we take a magnificent lens on the pages of Modern Indian History, Nanak Singh was more prominent of them who wanted to eliminate the dual mentality of that ‘babu’ who went soft on the fierce deeds of the British.

The revolutionary identity got influenced and involved in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. On that auspicious day (April 13, 1919), of Punjabi New Year, Singh saw a lot of kin shot to death by the British troops, even two of his friends drooped on his lap for their last time. Then the author entity of Singh’s inner mind erupted in anger — invented an epic poem, mocking colonial rule — “Khomeini Visayans” (Bloody Baisakhi) from native heart. While conducting ‘Akali Movement’, in charge of the editor of ‘Akali’ papers, he became the subject of crimson eyes of the British — that resulted in the imprisonment of that new leader. In the meanwhile, he converted himself into Sikh. Hence, he portrayed the savagery and ‘legal violence’ of the British on peaceful Sikhs — and published his second anthology called “Zakhmi Dil ” (1923), which got banned within a fortnight of its publication, as expected.

Implementation of Singh’s Views in Present time:

This legend’s natural inclination towards protest against coercion, unjust & inequitable feud, as well as bluffing at every step, pulled him to pick-up ink as well as the flag of Mother India. Under Singh’s tenure, both the fallacy of British & dogmatism of Literature (specially in regional languages) got curtained. Yes, we agree delightfully that the British are no longer in power in India. But the orthodoxy, bigotry & undesired fanaticism has prepared a lot of arrest warrants for Indians. This situation reminds us of that nonesuch person:

Who escaped the boundary of patriarchy — implemented the quote of Lalan Fakir in reality —

“Everyone Sees Male & Female/ But, I see Only Humans”

“সবাই দেখে নারী পুরুষ, আমি দেখি শুধুই মানুষ”
Lalan Fakir

We get a lot of views in his novels.

**Nanak Singh** (Source: ‘The Watchmaker‘ book *written by Singh & translated by Navdeep Suri*)

He’s Nanak Singh, whose voice was full of courage & pluck that successfully punctured British’s confidence, gives a message to us to belabor the deception of socio-political hand-cuffs. In his writing, always one thing got itself highlighted — the search for celestial happiness through fraternity, integrity & Liberty.

However, all Indians, not only Panjabis draw inspiration from this icon who gives birth to every Indian from the previous fluffy life of usual inertia — that erects pillars to build a Happier nation for Future.

So, don’t delay to come forward to blow the conch of Humanity with the previously chanted hymns of Nanak Singh.

Every citizen should be mandated to perform national public service

Compulsory public service by the citizens of a rustic isn’t a replacement concept. Several countries across the world make it mandatory to participate in some sort of public service or another. In total, about seventy-five countries have some sort of mandatory service. These could include learning care , tutoring, serving within the military for a particular period of your time , and lots of other activities.

There are major perks for doing service , like reduction of mortgages, educational opportunities, advantages within the application.

For instance, Israel recognizes service as a serious integrating force, a time when children of all backgrounds meet and mingle as Israelis. it’s especially important for brand spanking new immigrants. There are major educational programs as a part of service , which teach language, history, and culture as how for all Israelis to know their national framework.

National service includes assisting at hospitals, with the elderly, handicapped, with children, clerking in government offices, welfare work , and faculty . It are often arranged in order that people doing service are working in their own community (this is usually important for religious women, both Jewish and Muslim) as a matter of modesty.

Also, during a democratic country, like India, the state cannot compel any citizen to try to to any public service, but under Article 51A of the Constitution of India, the citizens shall have the duty and Fundamental Duty to defend the country and render service when called upon to try to to so.

In Canada (so very almost like the United Kingdom), “The public service” is that the core administration of the govt . you’ll find during this the Defence department, Natural Resources department, Immigration, etc. If you enter the general public sector (where there also are crown corporations) you’ll find Canada Post, the Bank of Canada, and other institutions that are run just about sort of a business but that ultimately are a portfolio of a core public service department that answers to a Minister. i think that the general public service and therefore the public sector in Canada have about 400 000 thousand employees (federal level). it’s the most important employer within the country (and each province has its own public service supported its jurisdiction as per the constitution).

The only reason why there’s a debate regarding this issue is thanks to the very fact that there are misguided patriots who believed that each citizen must prove their love and loyalty to the present country by doing public service. the govt shouldn’t tend the facility to coerce its citizens to interact in one or maybe two years of public service; it’s against the law of the land. it might be best for the govt to market the ideals of volunteerism so as to recruit and train folks that are wanting to serve.

There are those that contend that the citizens of this country must be compelled to interact publicly service. this might appear to be the foremost patriotic thing to try to to but the Bill of Rights clearly stipulates that no citizen are often forced by the govt to try to to something.

This is also an unproductive exercise because coercion can cause defiant behavior and dear litigation. it’s the work of the govt to influence people to hitch . The spirit of volunteerism must be cultivated. the govt must demonstrate that public servants are well-appreciated. As a result there would be more volunteers that are ready and ready to serve.

Innovation and its types

Innovation is the discovery of new knowledge. It is neither automatic nor accidental rather it is a product of deep thinking, careful observation, and systematic activity. Scientific inquiry is an unending process and the object of this inquiry is innovation.

Types of innovation:

Product- Innovation in this category refers to the innovation in the quality of the product and both improvements to existing product lines or completely new offerings. The key is to add significant value.

Service- It involves the improvement of the consumer’s experience. It includes innovation in the offerings of the product, making it easier to use, fixing common problems. Here the objective is to make the product stand out.

Process- It is an inward-looking innovation, improving core competencies. It includes significant changes in technology, equipment, or software. For example, Henry Ford’s invention of the assembly line shortened the time necessary to produce a single-vehicle.

Management- It is the process of managing innovative ideas. The planning and process behind coming up with ideas, turning them into action plans, and developing them for the business until they become a reality. Implementation of new management practices, processes, etc that shows a departure from older norms.

Open- It refers to the innovation process to collaborate globally, bring out newer ideas, working beyond boundaries and expand the markets for external use of innovation.

Value-creation- It means to give something valuable for receiving something valuable in return. Value creation involves a process to make the product stand out,to deal with competitions, create demand in the market.

Radical innovation- It involves the birth of new industries and the application of revolutionary technologies. They allow society to take a leap forward. It brings about revolutionary changes in society like the industrial revolution.

Incremental innovation- Majority of innovation are of this type. It includes making improvements in existing products. the aim is to make the product stand out in the market and reduce competition around it. For example, the newer updates in smartphones and various apps add new features and improve their efficiency.

Disrupting Innovation- It involves the creation of newer markets and value networks which eventually disrupts the existing market and value network. It describes a process that initially a product is at the bottom of the market, it is less expensive and more accessible and gradually comes to rule the market. For example, Netflix disrupted the video rental business.

Architectural Innovation- It refers to innovation in the architecture of any product that changes or modifies the way various components of the system relate to each other.

Alexa development

The Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) could be a computer code development framework that allows you to make content, known as skills. Skills area unit like apps for Alexa. With AN interactive voice interface, Alexa provides users a hands-free thanks to act along with your talent.

How to Build Your initial Alexa Skill:
Step 1: style Your Voice expertise
After you have created your Alexa developer account, you’ll be tempted to begin tinkering with the Alexa Skills Kit. whereas it’s nice to possess your account up and running, the primary step to make a talent does not truly need any tools at all! that is as a result of you ought to style the expertise before you build it.

The a lot of thought and energy you set into developing your voice plan and planning the expertise, the a lot of palmy it’ll be. the look method will take many hours or many weeks—it depends on the dimensions and quality of your vision.
Step 2: Build Your Voice interface within the Alexa Developer Console
After you have designed the expertise, it is time to begin building. You’ll use the Alexa Developer Console to make the voice interface model, or VUI. this can be additionally called your side interface or what your users can act with after they use your talent.

Step 3: Build Your backside to Power Your talent
When you use a web site or AN application, there is a heap happening within the background that you simply cannot see. The front-end interface is cut loose, however connected to, a backside that the user solely experiences indirectly. Most of the utility of the positioning or app truly happens within the backside and is then shown or delivered within the side.

Step 4: check and Optimize
If you wish your talent to achieve success, you will need to check it. There area unit 2 basic classes of testing: useful and user expertise. Functionally, you will need to place your talent through its paces. you’ll be wanting to try and do this each in preparation for commercial enterprise and over time when your talent is free to the planet. For user expertise testing, you’ll be wanting to watch and collect feedback on ways in which to enhance the interaction between your talent and therefore the people that area unit victimisation it.

Step 5: Submit, Get Certified, and Publish
Like you, Amazon needs to make sure that the talents accessible to customers meet a particular quality bar. they ought to be participating and work the approach they are saying they’re going to. to make sure this can be the case, skills bear rigorous testing and certification before being revealed to the Alexa Skills Store

Node.js
An Alexa talent has 2 main components: a talent Service and a talent Interface. Your code is written in Node. js for the talent Service that lives within the Cloud (Amazon AWS, Lambda, AN HTTPS service). It receives directions to work out the actions to require in response to the user requests from the Alexa enabled device.

The developer console organizes talent building into the subsequent main tasks: Use Build to line up your talent, set up the interaction model, and specify the endpoints for your service. … Use check to check your talent with either text or voice. Use Distribution to preview however your talent can seem within the talent store.

Neptune-The Coldest Planet

Neptune is the eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from the Sun. In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times the mass of Earth, slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus. Neptune is denser and physically smaller than Uranus because its greater mass causes more gravitational compression of its atmosphere. It is named after the Roman god of the sea and has the astronomical symbol ♆, a stylised version of the god Neptune’s trident.

Some facts about Neptune

Diameter- 49,500km

Orbital period- 164.8yrs

Length of a Day- 16.1hrs

Axis tilt- 28 degrees

Distance from the Sun- 30.1AU(4.5 billion km)

Moons- 14

Special features

Neptune is not visible to the unaided eye and is the only planet in the Solar System found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation. Unexpected changes in the orbit of Uranus led Alexis Bouvard to deduce that its orbit was subject to gravitational perturbation by an unknown planet. After Bouvard’s death, the position of Neptune was predicted from his observations, independently, by John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier.

Neptune is our solar system’s windiest world. Despite its great distance and low energy input from the Sun, Neptune’s winds can be three times stronger than Jupiter’s and nine times stronger than Earth’s. These winds whip clouds of frozen methane across the planet at speeds of more than 1,200 miles per hour (2,000 kilometers per hour). Even Earth’s most powerful winds hit only about 250 miles per hour (400 kilometers per hour).

In 1989 a large, oval-shaped storm in Neptune’s southern hemisphere dubbed the “Great Dark Spot” was large enough to contain the entire Earth. That storm has since disappeared, but new ones have appeared on different parts of the planet.

Natural satellites and Rings

Neptune has 14 known moons. Neptune’s largest moon Triton was discovered on October 10, 1846, by William Lassell, just 17 days after Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet. Since Neptune was named for the Roman god of the sea, its moons are named for various lesser sea gods and nymphs in Greek mythology.

Triton is the only large moon in the solar system that circles its planet in a direction opposite to the planet’s rotation (a retrograde orbit), which suggests that it may once have been an independent object that Neptune captured. Triton is extremely cold, with surface temperatures around minus 391 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 235 degrees Celsius). And yet, despite this deep freeze at Triton, Voyager 2 discovered geysers spewing icy material upward more than 5 miles (8 kilometers). Triton’s thin atmosphere, also discovered by Voyager, has been detected from Earth several times since, and is growing warmer, but scientists do not yet know why.

Neptune has at least five main rings and four prominent ring arcs that we know of so far. Starting near the planet and moving outward, the main rings are named Galle, Leverrier, Lassell, Arago and Adams. The rings are thought to be relatively young and short-lived. Neptune’s ring system also has peculiar clumps of dust called arcs. Four prominent arcs named Liberté (Liberty), Egalité (Equality), Fraternité (Fraternity) and Courage are in the outermost ring, Adams. The arcs are strange because the laws of motion would predict that they would spread out evenly rather than stay clumped together. Scientists now think the gravitational effects of Galatea, a moon just inward from the ring, stabilizes these arcs.

Structure and Atmosphere

Neptune is one of two ice giants in the outer solar system (the other is Uranus). Most (80 percent or more) of the planet’s mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of “icy” materials—water, methane and ammonia—above a small, rocky core. Scientists think there might be an ocean of super hot water under Neptune’s cold clouds. It does not boil away because incredibly high pressure keeps it locked inside.

Neptune’s atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen and helium with just a little bit of methane. Neptune’s neighbor Uranus is a blue-green color due to such atmospheric methane, but Neptune is a more vivid, brighter blue, so there must be an unknown component that causes the more intense color.

Exploration

Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft that has visited Neptune. The spacecraft’s closest approach to the planet occurred on 25 August 1989. Because this was the last major planet the spacecraft could visit, it was decided to make a close flyby of the moon Triton, regardless of the consequences to the trajectory, similarly to what was done for Voyager 1’s encounter with Saturn and its moon Titan. The images relayed back to Earth from Voyager 2 became the basis of a 1989 PBS all-night program, Neptune All Night.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/neptune/overview/

Pluto-The King of Kuiper Belt

Pluto is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object directly orbiting the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume but is less massive than Eris. Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was the first and the largest Kuiper belt object to be discovered. After Pluto was discovered in 1930, it was declared to be the ninth planet from the Sun. Beginning in the 1990s, its status as a planet was questioned following the discovery of several objects of similar size in the Kuiper belt and the scattered disc, including the dwarf planet Eris. This led the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2006 to formally define the term “planet”—excluding Pluto and reclassifying it as a dwarf planet.

Some facts about Pluto

Diameter- 2300km

Orbital period- 247.8 yrs

Length of a Day- 6.39 days

Axis tilt- 123 degrees

Distance from the Sun- 39.5AU (5.9billion km)

Moons- 5

Special features

Like other Kuiper belt objects, Pluto is primarily made of ice and rock and is relatively small—one-sixth the mass of the Moon and one-third its volume. It has a moderately eccentric and inclined orbit during which it ranges from 30 to 49 astronomical units or AU (4.4–7.4 billion km) from the Sun. This means that Pluto periodically comes closer to the Sun than Neptune, but a stable orbital resonance with Neptune prevents them from colliding. Light from the Sun takes 5.5 hours to reach Pluto at its average distance (39.5 AU).

Natural satellites

Pluto has five known moons: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx. This moon system might have formed by a collision between Pluto and other similar-sized bodies early in the history of the solar system.

Charon, the biggest of Pluto’s moons, is about half the size of Pluto itself, making it the largest satellite relative to the planet it orbits in our solar system. It orbits Pluto at a distance of just 12,200 miles (19,640 kilometers). For comparison, our moon is 20 times farther away from Earth. Pluto and Charon are often referred to as a double planet. Charon’s orbit around Pluto takes 153 hours—the same time it takes Pluto to complete one rotation. This means Charon neither rises nor sets, but hovers over the same spot on Pluto’s surface. The same side of Charon always faces Pluto, a state called tidal locking.

Pluto’s other four moons are much smaller, less than 100 miles (160 kilometers) wide. They’re also irregularly shaped, not spherical like Charon. Unlike many other moons in the solar system, these moons are not tidally locked to Pluto. They all spin and don’t keep the same face towards Pluto.

Structure and Atmosphere

Pluto is about two-thirds the diameter of Earth’s moon and probably has a rocky core surrounded by a mantle of water ice. Interesting ices like methane and nitrogen frost coat its surface. Due to its lower density, Pluto’s mass is about one-sixth that of Earth’s moon. Pluto’s surface is characterized by mountains, valleys, plains, and craters. The temperature on Pluto can be as cold as -375 to -400 degrees Fahrenheit (-226 to -240 degrees Celsius).

Pluto has a thin, tenuous atmosphere that expands when it comes closer to the sun and collapses as it moves farther away—similar to a comet. The main constituent is molecular nitrogen, though molecules of methane and carbon monoxide have also been detected.

When Pluto is close to the sun, its surface ices sublimate (changing directly from solid to gas) and rise to temporarily form a thin atmosphere. Pluto’s low gravity (about six percent of Earth’s) causes the atmosphere to be much more extended in altitude than our planet’s atmosphere. Pluto becomes much colder during the part of each year when it is traveling far away from the sun. During this time, the bulk of the planet’s atmosphere may freeze and fall as snow to the surface.

Exploration

The New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in July 2015, is the first and so far only attempt to explore Pluto directly. Launched in 2006, it captured its first (distant) images of Pluto in late September 2006 during a test of the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager. The images, taken from a distance of approximately 4.2 billion kilometers, confirmed the spacecraft’s ability to track distant targets, critical for maneuvering toward Pluto and other Kuiper belt objects.

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-pluto-k4.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

Palaces in Udaipur

Udaipur also is known as the city of lakes is a city in the state of Rajasthan. it is the historical capital of the King of Mewar. The city was founded by Uday Singh || in 1558 when he shifted his capital from the city of Chittor to Udaipur. It remained as the capital of the city till 1818 when it became a British princely state and then after Mewar province became part of Rajasthan when India gained independence in 1947.

There are various places to visit in Udaipur. The city even has offbeat places to visit like Sahara a Pratap statue, a vintage car museum, etc. The city has a rich history and so are the historical monuments in the City.
Sajjangarh Monsoon Palace
The palace is located on Hill Top overlooking Fatehsagar Lake. It is named Sajjan Garh after Maharana Sajjan Singh the palace offers a view of cities lake palaces and surrounding countryside. It was built to
watch monsoon clouds hence appropriately it is popular as monsoon Palace. Previously owned by Mewar royal family is now under the control of the forest department of the Government of Rajasthan and has recently open to the public. Its builder Maharana Sajjan Singh originally planned to make it a
five-story Centre the plan was canceled due to the premature death of the King. It was then turned into a monsoon Palace and hunting lodge. The best veg restaurant in Udaipur is Millets of Mewar, Jhumar
restaurant.
Udaipur city palace
It is a palace complex situated in the city of Udaipur. It was built nearly 400 years ago with contributions from several rulers of the Mewar dynasty. Construction began in 1553 started by Maharana Udai Singh II
member Sisodiya Rajput family. The City Palace Udaipur was built in flamboyant style and is considered the largest of its type in the state of Rajasthan. Rajasthani and Mughal architectural style providing a
paranormal view of the city it is surrounding. The best place to eat with the family.
Jagmandir
It is a Grand Heritage Palace which was built in the 17th century redeveloped as a complete destination with an all-day Cafe stylish dining restaurants bars par corporate and luxurious Travelers celebrities from
all over the world for home ceremonies parties and mega-events are shamelessly organized here. The palace continues to be in glamour for the exclusive regal experience. The best budget-friendly
restaurant in Udaipur is Chirag rooftop restaurant, Khamma Ghani, etc.

Indian Culture

The word culture means the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. India is famous for the diversity of culture. Indian culture is the tradition of social norms, believe, politics, ethical value, artifacts and technologies that originated in or are associated with the Indian subcontinent. Indian culture, language festival, religion differs from place to place because India has a big number of population. India-originated religions are Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and these religions are on the basis of god, karma etc.

As a Indian I can say that this culture make the communal harmony. India, being a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious society, celebrates holidays and festivals of various religions. The three national holiday are the Independence Day ,the Republic Day and the Gandhi Jayanti, are celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm across India. There are many festival which are celebrated by various religion like Diwali which celebrated by Hindu, Sikh, Buddha. For Muslim the main festival is Eid. The Durga puja Which is the emotion of Bengali which celebrated in various side of the India. India celebrated many festival in the large number of diversity. The religion festival like Diwali(Hindu), Eid(Muslim), Christmas(Christian) are celebrated by all in India and govt also provided facilities to all the religions. Islam is the second largest religion in India and the main festival days are declared as holidays. Greeting is also a culture of India. Indian do the greeting during Anjali, puja and pranama.

Greetings include Namaste (Hindi and Sanskrit), Namaskaara/Juhaara in Odia Khulumkha (Tripura), Namaskar (Marathi), Namaskara (Kandana), Namaskaram (Telegu, Malaylam), Vanakkam (Tamil), Nomoshkaar (Bengali), Nomoskar (Assamism), Aadab (Urdu), and Sat Shri Akal (Panjabi) are some famous greeting in India.

By dressing sense we can guess that from which part he/she came. The dress code are different for various part of India. Traditional clothing in India greatly varies across different parts of the country and is influenced by local culture, geography, climate, and rural/urban settings. Popular styles of dress include draped garments such as Sari and mekhela sador for women and Dhoti or Lungi or panche (in Kannada) for men. Stitched clothes are also popular such as Churidar or salwar-kameez for women, with dupatta (long scarf) thrown over shoulder completing the outfit.

India taught Dance from various ancient book. According to Ragini Devi dance the inner expression and internal divine of man. Bharatanatyam is a very famous dancing step. There are various dance steps like Bharatanatyam of the state of Tamil Nadu, kathak of Uttar Pradesh, Kathakali and Mohiniattam of Karala, Kuchipudi of Andhra Pradesh, Yakshgana of Karnataka, Manipuri of Manipur, Odissi (orissi) of the state of Odisha and the Sattriya of Assam.

The various Architectures and wall painting is milestone for Indian culture. Some Architectures show the love of two person as example TAJ MAHAL. And for wall painting or cave painting famous is Ajanta Ellora cave. There are various evidence which proves that how beautiful our Indian cultural.

To conclude it, I can say that there are various aspect for Indian Culture and these aspect by us but not everyone. Indian culture is very traditional and unique. But in this era some of our culture was ruined by us. But the harmony of India make the cultures more beautiful and enjoyable.

Digital marketing

At the present trend digital marketing is playing a very important and vital role in the fast growing economy. When we refer to the meaning of Digital Marketing it is the process or the nature of advertising which are being delivered and communicated through digital channel such as search engine, website, social media, E-mail and other mobile application.

This digital marketing is one of the key to all top and growing companies which endorse goods and services and their brand to the customer end more effectively and that stays in the minds of the people for a long term duration. When we look on the nature and mind set of present consumer behaviour all the consumers and customers rely on the digital means to select,acquire and sell the products. The modern day digital marketing show enormous system of channel of distribution in which the product reaches to the customer or consumer directly from the manufacturer by eliminating the middleman agent or the brokers.

In order to onboard this brand advertising online is more complex than the channels alone. The companies in order to gain the customers and achieve the true potential of digital marketing marketers have to dig deep into today’s vast and intricate cross channel to discover strategies that make an impact through engagement marketing.

By engaging customers in a digital landscape you build brand awareness and set standards to your industry thought leaders and place your business at the front when the customer is render and in need to buy the product. When we compare to the physical marketing and the digital marketing it is clear that for the up coming generation their will be only 20% of physical market operations as the digital marketing according to customer are more reliable,faster,easier and convenient.

As digital marketing is the component of marketing that uses internet,data and online based technologies such as desktop, computer,mobile,phone and other digital media platforms to promote the product and services. As digital platform became increasingly incorporated into marketing plans and everyday life use of digital devices instead of visiting physical shop digital marketing campaigns have become prevalent, digital touch point with customer interaction as increased day to day with many times a day

In order to utilise there channels you need to have the basic knowledge about Paid Search, Search Engine Optimization, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing, Mobile Marketing and Marketing Automation.

For a marketer to start digital marketing you should create a online presence,know the latest trends,use online your creativity, create a winning resume,get out there and network,learn about analytics and say Yes to anything.

The main objective of digital marketing is enhancing brand awareness as B2B marketers now believe improving them which directs at increasing sales.

The top digital marketing course with certification are Udemy Digital Marketing course,Simplilearm Digital Marketing course, Specialist Digital Marketing course,Copy Blogger Online marketing course,Udalitu Digital Marketing course.

Digital marketing is one of the most needed skills of today’s time and a career of digital marketing is highly lucrative if you play your cards right.

As the generation grows technology also grows vice versa.

Swami Vivekananda: A Tribute to the Godly Figure.

Swami Vivekananda as we all know was born on January 12, 1863 in Calcutta (present day Kolkata). Swami Vivekananda was never religious in his early life but was always interested in spirituality and meditation from young age.

Swami Vivekananda got educated from Calcutta University and had keen interest in subjects like history, religion, social science, philosophy and like. Today, July 4 is his death anniversary and us know five important incidents from his life.

1) Swami Vivekananda at Parliament of World Religions, 1893.

Swami Vivekananda became extremely popular when he went to Chicago in 1893 for Parliament of World Religions where he represented India and Hinduism. He addressed Americans as “Sisters and Brothers of America” in his speech which led to widespread appreciation. In this event, he spoke about how the land of Vedas, Yoga and Saints has taught tolerance and universal acceptance to the world.

2) First meet of Swami Vivekananda and Ramkrishna Dev.

Swami Vivekananda met his mentor Ramkrishna Dev first in Dakshineswar Temple in Kolkata where Ramkrishna Dev used to reside but their relationship began when they met at the house of Surendra Nath Mitra. Ramkrishna Dev asked Swami Vivekananda to sing and impressed by his singing talent Ramkrishna Dev invited Swami Vivekananda to Dakshineswar.

3) Life in Dakshineswar, Kolkata.

Swami Vivekananda’s constant meetings with Ramkrishna Dev became important and life changing moments for him. Initially, Swami Vivekananda was amused and nervous when he first interacted with Ramkrishna Dev. After giving many tests, Swami Vivekananda finally accepted Ramkrishna Dev as his spiritual teacher in 1882. He remained there until Ramkrishna Dev’s death in 1886.

4) Enlightenment of Swami Vivekananda.

Swami Vivekananda once asked Ramkrishna Dev whether there’s any God or not (as Ramkrishna used to keep telling him about God ), to which Ramkrishna Dev replied “I am the proof that God exists”. After three days, Swami Vivekananda retuned to him and asked whether Ramkrishna Dev can show him God or not. Ramkrishna Dev asked a counter question that whether Swami Vivekananda has the courage to see God or not to which Swami Vivekananda replied “Yes”. After this, Ramkrishna Dev placed his foot on Swami Vivekananda’s chest and Swami Vivekananda lost his consciousness after that. He restored his consciousness after twelve hours but he was totally changed by then.

5) Establishment of Ramkrishna Mission and relationship with Sharada Devi.

Swami Vivekananda founded The Ramkrishna Mission on May 1, 1897 to honour and recognise the efforts and teachings of Ramkrishna Dev. Swami Vivekananda also had a very respectful and loving approach with Sarada Devi as he went to Chicago in 1893 only after taking her blessings.

At the end let’s apply Swami Vivekananda’s words in real life and as Indians, we should always move towards social equality and individual freedom which were his primary teachings.

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