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As the vessel is only about half filled with slurry, the disks become coated with the cake when immersed, the cake is dewatered when the disks emerge from the slurry, and scraped or blown off, by reverse blow, into the central conveyor which takes the cake to one end of the vessel. The planetary action and the slow movement of the disks through the feed slurry ensure exceptionally good homogeneity of the cake which is critically important for good dewatering characteristics the typical speed of rotation of the planetary system of shafts is from 0.8 to 1 rpm. 

A planetary system consists of three sets of gears. A pinion meshes with two or more planet gears, which rotate within an internal gear. The planetary gears are connected to one shaft and the sun gear to another. This compact... 

The latter part of the 20th century has seen remarkable advances in science and technology. Accomplishments in biochemistry and medicine, computer technology, and telecommunications have benefited nearly everyone on Earth to one degree or another. Along with these advances that have improved our quality of life, scientific research into the study of the Earth has revealed a planetary system that is more complex and dynamic than anyone would have imagined even 50 years ago. The Earth and the environment have become one of society s greatest concerns, perhaps as the result of these discoveries combined with the quick dissemination of information that is now possible with modem telecommunications. 

This includes all of the atoms in your own body and in all other living things, which have also been permanent residents of the Earth through the eons. This means that the Earth is an essentially closed system with respect to atomic matter, and is therefore governed by the law of conservation of mass. This law dictates that all of the Earth s molecules must be made of the same aggregation of atoms even though molecular forms may vary, evolve, and be transported within and around the planetary system. Pollution, therefore, is a human-induced change in the distribution of atoms from one place on Earth to another. 

R = the average rate of star formation in our galaxy fs = the fraction of stars that are suitable suns for planetary systems fp = the fraction of suitable suns with planetary systems ne = the mean number of planets that are capable of supporting life fi = the fraction of such planets on which life actually originates fi = the fraction of such planets on which some form of intelligence arises fc = the fraction of such intelligent species that develop the ability and desire to communicate with other civilizations L = the mean lifetime (in years) of a communicative civilization... 

For an updated list of the known extra-solar planetary systems see table at http //obswww.unige.ch/Exoplanets... 

The discovery of the average metal-rich nature of planet-harbouring stars with regard to disc stars (i.e. [1],[2], [3]) has revealed the key role that metallicity plays in the formation and evolution of planetary systems. If the accretion processes were the main responsible for the iron excess found in planet host stars, volatile abundances should show clear differences in stars with and without planets, since volatiles (with low Tc) are expected to be deficient in accreted materials [4]. Previous studies of the abundance trends of the volatiles N, C, S and Zn [5, 6] have obtained no anomalies for a large sample of planet host stars. 

The radiation balance problem is not specific to our solar system and can be applied to all stellar planetary systems, although the number of planets outside our solar system - so-called extrasolar planets - is unknown. As noted earlier, the highest... 

Current extrasolar planets are all much larger than the Earth. The total count at present (9 September 2005) is 168 found in 144 planetary systems, of which 18 contain multiple planets. The first to be discovered was 51-Pegasi in the constellation of Pegasus by the radial velocity method. It is about 0.45 Mjupiter and has an orbital period around the star of about 4.5 days. Of the 168 planets found so far only nine are present within a habitable zone around their star. The survey of the star catalogue for planets has only just started and we have found a large number of planets very quickly - solar systems, at least, are not special. 

Radioactive and chemical dating methods are yielding most valuable information on the history of the earth and the planetary system. In this paper mainly methods using cosmic ray produced isotopes are discussed. 

As a concluding remark of this section, the theoretical models of nucleosynthesis within stars show that the isotopic compositions of the elements are highly variable depending on star size, metallicity, companion s presence. From the isotopic data obtained in diverse solar system materials it turns out that most of this material was highly homogenized in the interstellar medium or by the formation of the solar system. The presence of isotopic anomalies preserved in some primitive materials are the last witnesses of the initial diversity of the materials constituting our planetary system. 

INTERNAL-PLANETARY SYSTEMS Mass fractionation in igneous systems... 

Many of the processes responsible for isotope fractionations in the Earth s atmosphere may also occur in the atmospheres of other planetary systems, such as the atmospheric escape of atoms and molecules to outer space. Likely unique to Earth are isotope fractionations related to biological processes or to interactions with the ocean. One aspect of atmospheric research which has great potential for the application of stable isotope investigations is the study of anthropogenic pollution. 

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