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Other modern stellar classification systems, such as the UBV system, are based on color indices—the measured differences in three or more color magnitudes. [2] Those numbers are given labels such as "U−V" or "B−V", which represent the colors passed by two standard filters (e.g. U ltraviolet, B lue and V isual).
Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.
The Solow Building, also known as 9 West 57th Street, is a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.Completed in 1974 and designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is west of Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th Streets, overlooking the Plaza Hotel and Central Park.
The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history. [5] Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, extending northward into parts of the Arctic; [6] eastward and southward into parts of the Indian subcontinent, mounted invasions of Southeast Asia, and ...
The unemployment rate exhibited a positive trend, decreasing from 3.7% in 1980 to 2.6% in 1990. Between 1985 and 1988, the government endeavored to implement an Islamic interest-free banking system, introducing business partnerships based on profit and loss sharing. The national savings/GDP ratio reached a notable 16% in 1986–87, largely due ...
The base later relocated to Nevada, and was acquired by Operation: Zero Tolerance, which became Hulkbuster Base and Ross was eventually replaced by Colonel John J. Armbruster. [90] Months later Armbruster perished in the line of duty, Hulkbuster base was given direction by S.H.I.E.L.D. and Clay Quartermain was assigned as liaison. [91]
This village was recaptured by Indian troops on 25 December. On 10 October, a B-57 Canberra on loan to the PAF was damaged by three SA-2 missiles fired from the IAF base at Ambala. [183] A Pakistani Army Auster AOP was shot down on 16 December, killing one Pakistani army captain; on 2 February 1967, an AOP was shot down by IAF Hawker Hunters.