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IUE REFERENCES from 1978 until June 2001 ¾ ½;4 J. Fernley ½ , P. Pitts , M. Barylak ¿ ¿ ¿ R. Gonzalez-Riestra´ ¿ ,E.Solano ,A.Talavera ,F.Rodr´ıguez ½ ESA IUE Observatory, PO Box 50727, 28080 Madrid, Spain ¾ NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland ¿ Laboratorio de Astrof´ısica Espacial y F´ısica Fundamental PO Box 50727, 28080 Madrid, Spain 4 Affiliated with the Astrophysics Division, Space Science Department ESTEC, the Netherlands We have compiled a list of references to IUE publications covering the period from 1978 until June 2001. This compilation is based upon earlier works of Mead et al. (1986), Pitts (1991) and our own. The IUE satellite has provided the scientific community with over 110,000 UV spectra which are now in the public domain. Prospective user of these IUE data are provided with a list that holds a total of 3776 IUE papers from the following journals: Journal Abbreviation Nr. Astronomical Journal AJ 200 Astronomy and Astrophysics A&A 982 Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement A&AS 94 Astrophysical Journal APJ 1513 Astrophysical Journal Supplement APJS 112 Astrophysics and Space Science AP&SS 69 Advances in Space Research ASR 3 Geophysical Research Letters GRL 10 Irish Astronomical Journal IAJ 2 Icarus ICARUS 56 Journal of Geophysical Research JGR 19 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astr. Soc. MNRAS 410 Nature NATURE 53 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sience PNAS 2 Proceedings Astron. Soc. of Australia PASA 3 Publications Astron. Soc. of Japan PASJ 6 Publications of the Astron.Soc.of Pacific PASP 167 Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica RMAA 18 Science SCIENCE 2 Others (BAIC, M&P, RSPT, etc.) 55 Total 3776 We trust that this compilation is useful although we have not added other publications like meeting abstracts, conference proceedings, or other popular articles. 1 References Mead, J.M., Brotzman, L.E., Kondo, Y.: 1986, NASA Newsletter No. 30, Aug. 1986. Pitts, P.: 1991, NASA Newsletter No. 44, May 1991. 2 List of IUE References from 1978 until June 2001 1. A’Hearn, M.F., Feldman, P.D. 1980, APJ, 242, L187. Carbon in Comet Bradfield 1979l 2. A’Hearn, M.F., Feldman, P.D., Schleicher, D.G. 1983, APJ, 274, L99. The discovery of S2 in comet Iras-Araki-Alcock 1983d 3. A’Hearn, M.F., Schleicher, D.G., Feldman, P.D., Millis, R.L., Thompson, D.T. 1984, AJ, 89, 579. Comet Bowell 1980b 4. A’Hearn, M.F., Schleicher, D.G., West, R.A. 1985, APJ, 297, 826. Emission by OD in comets 5. A’Hearn, M.F., Birch, P.V., Feldman, P.D., Millis, R.L. 1985, ICARUS, 64, 1. Comet Encke: gas production and lightcurve 6. A’Hearn, M.F., Schleicher, D.G. 1988, APJ, 331, L47. Comet P/Encke’s nongravitational force 7. A’Hearn, M.F., Feldman, P.D. 1992, ICARUS, 98, 54. Water vaporization on Ceres 8. Aannestad, P.A. 1995, APJ, 443, 653. Ultraviolet extinction to 10.8 inverse microns 9. Abbott, D.C. 1982, APJ, 263, 723. The return of mass and energy to the interstellar medium by winds from early-type stars 10. Adam, J., Koppen, J. 1985, A&A, 142, 461. Models for the planetary nebulae NGC 4361 and NGC 1535: influence of the stellar wind on the nebular ionization 11. Adam, J., Baschek, B., Johansson, S., Nilsson, A.E., Brage, T. 1987, APJ, 312, 337. Ultraviolet doubly excited FeII lines in the laboratory and in the A-type star 21 Pegasi 12. Adams, S., Seaton, M.J. 1982, MNRAS, 200, 7P. Ultraviolet spectra of planetary nebulae - VII. The abundance of carbon in the very low excitation nebula He2 - 131 13. Adams, S., Seaton, M.J., Howarth, I.D., Auriere, M., Walsh, J.R. 1984, MNRAS, 207, 471. K648, the planetary nebula in the globular cluster M15 14. Adelman, S.J., Shore, S.N. 1981, PASP, 93, 85. The ultraviolet spectrum of the peculiar A star HD 51418 15. Adelman, S.J., Leckrone, D.S. 1984, PS, T8, 25. On the need for spectroscopic data in ultraviolet stellar spectral synthesis calculations 16. Adelman, S.J. 1985, PASP, 97, 970. On the ultraviolet energy distributions and the temperatures of peculiar B and A stars 17. Adelman, S.J., Leckrone, D.S. 1986, A&A, 162, 373. The ultraviolet IUE spectrum of the population II horizontal-branch A star HD 109995 18. Adelman, S.J., Cacciari, C., Leckrone, D.S. 1991, A&AS, 88, 393. A line identification study of the IUE SWP high dispersion spectrum of the UV-bright star Barnard 29 of Messier 13 19. Adelman, S.J., Cowley, C.R., Leckrone, D.S., Roby, S.W., Wahlgren, G.M. 1993, APJ, 419, 276. The abundances of the elements in sharp-lined early-type stars from IUE high-dispersion spectrograms. I. Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, and Co 20. Ahmad, I.A., Chapman, R.D., Kondo, Y. 1983, A&A, 126, L5. Mg II profile variations of Zeta Aurigae 21. Ahmad, I.A., Parsons, S.B. 1985, APJ, 299, L33. Discovery of an accretion shock cone in 22 Vulpec- ulae 3 22. Ahmad, I.A. 1986, APJ, 301, 275. IUE observations of accretion columns in two Zeta Aurigae-type systems 23. Ahmad, I.A., Stencel, R.E. 1988, APJ, 329, 797. The stellar wind velocity function for red supergiants determined in eclipsing binaries 24. Ahmad, I.A. 1989, APJ, 338, 1011. The accretion wake of 31 Cygni 25. Aiello, S., Barsella, B., Chlewicki, G., Greenberg, J.M., Patriarchi, P., Perinotto, M. 1988, A&AS, 73, 195. Atlas of the wavelength dependence of ultraviolet extinction in the galaxy 26. Ajello, J.M., James, G.K., Kanik, I., Franklin, B.O. 1992, JGR, 97, 10473. The complete UV spec- trum of SO2 by electron impact. 1. The vacuum ultraviolet spectrum 27. Ake, T.B., Parsons, S.B., Kondo, Y. 1985, APJ, 298, 772. The newly discovered eclipsing supergiant 22 Vulpeculae 28. Ake, T.B., Johnson, H.R. 1988, APJ, 327, 214. A white dwarf companion to the main-sequence star 4 Omicron-1 Orionis and the binary hypothesis for the origin of peculiar red giants 29. Ake, T.B., Johnson, H.R., Ameen, M.M. 1991, APJ, 383, 842. An interactive companion to the S star HD 35155 30. Albert, C.E., Blades, J.C., Morton, D.C., Lockman, F.J., Proulx, M., Ferrarese, L. 1993, APJS, 88, 81. A high-resolution optical and radio study of Milky Way halo gas 31. Aldrovandi, S.M.V.,Contini, M. 1984, A&A, 140, 368. Composite models for the narrow line regions of active galactic nuclei. II. The UV lines 32. Alecian, G. 1982, A&A, 107, 61. On the detection of abundance stratifications in peculiar stars through the curve of growth method 33. Alecian, G., Artru, M.-C. 1987, A&A, 186, 223. The diffusion of gallium in main-sequence peculiar stars 34. Allard, N., Kielkopf, J. 1991, A&A, 242, 133. Temperature and density dependence of the Lyman- alpha line wing in hydrogen-rich white dwarf atmospheres 35. Allen, D.A. 1983, MNRAS, 204, 113. The symbiotic star H1-36 36. Allen, D.A., Wright, A.E. 1988, MNRAS, 232, 683. A model of the symbiotic star RX Puppis 37. Allende Prieto, C., Lambert, D. L. 2000, AJ, 119, 2445. The Near-Ultraviolet Continuum of Late- Type Stars 38. Aller, L.H., Keyes, C.D., Czyzak, S.J. 1981, APJ, 250, 596. The optical and ultraviolet spectra of the high excitation planetary nebula, CD -23 12238 = Me 2-1 39. Aller, L.H., Ross, J.E., O’Mara, B.J., Keyes, C.D. 1981, MNRAS, 197, 95. A spectroscopic study of the high excitation nebula NGC 6302 40. Aller, L.H., Keyes, C.D., Ross, J.E., O’Mara, B.J. , 1981, MNRAS, 197, 647. An analysis of the planetary nebula NGC 2867 41. Aller, L.H. 1983, APJ, 273, 590. A spectroscopic study of some planetary nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud 42. Aller, L.H., Keyes, C.D., Czyzak, S.J. 1985, APJ, 296, 492. Spectrum of the high-excitation planetary nebula NGC 6741 (33-2.1) 43. Aller, L.H., Keyes, C.D., Feibelman, W.A. 1986, APJ, 311, 930. Spectrum and chemical analysis of the double-ring planetary nebula IC 1297 4 44. Aller, L.H., Keyes, C.D., Feibelman, W.A. 1986, PNAS, 83, 2777. Ultraviolet spectrum and probable chemical composition of the high-excitation planetary nebula M1-1 45. Aller, L.H., Keyes, C.D., Maran, S.P., Gull, T.R., Michalitsianos, A.G., Stecher, T.P. 1987, APJ, 320, 159. Physical parameters for 12 planetary nebulae and their central stars in the Magellanic Clouds 46. Aller, L.H., Keyes, C.D., Feibelman, W.A. 1988, PASP, 100,192. Two compact planetary nebulae of moderate excitation: NGC 6565 (3-4.5) and NGC 6644 (8-7.2) 47. Aller, L.H. 1990, PASP, 102, 1097. The chemical compositions of gaseous nebulae 48. Aller, L.H. 1994, APJ, 432, 427. Abundances, planetary nebulae, and stellar evolution 49. Aller, L.H., Hyung, S., Fiebelman, W.A. 1996, PASP, 108, 488. The spectrum of the Planetary Nebula NGC6790 50. Allocchio, C., Morossi, C., Vladilo, G. 1984, A&A, 130, 410. The IUE blaze function in the Mg II region 51. Alloin, D., Boisson, C., Pelat, D. 1988, A&A, 200, 17. Evidence for an accretion disc in Akn 120 52. Alloin, D., Santos-Lleo, M., Peterson, B.M., Wamsteker, W., Altieri, B., Brinkmann, W., Clavel, J., Crenshaw, D.M., George, I.M., Glass, L.S., Johnson, W.N., Kriss, G.A., Malkan, M.A., Polidan, R.S., Reichert, G.A., Rodriguez-Pascual, P.M., Romanishin, W., Starr, C.H., Stirpe, G.M., Taylor, M., Turner, T.J., Vega, H., Winge, C., Wood, D.O.S.
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    Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies 2018, 6(2), 31–37; http://aaatec.org/art/a_cm2 www.aaatec.org ISSN 2310-2144 About the Foroughi Cup and about the seven planets in the Ancient World Mario Codebò 1, Henry De Santis 2 1 Archeoastronomia Ligustica, S.I.A., SAIt, Genoa, Italy; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Archeoastronomia Ligustica, S.I.A., SAIt, Genoa, Italy; E-Mail: [email protected] Abstract The Foroughi Cup is an artefact of the 8th century BC of Aramaic cultural context, inside which images of stars and constellations are reproduced. In this study of ours we start from the conclusions reached by Amadasi Guzzo and Castellani in their two works of 2005 and 2006 and we add some further considerations and identifications. We then explain the hypothesis that some cultures of the Ancient World include seven planets, excluding the Moon and the Sun, because Mercury and Venus, always visible only at dawn or at sunset, were perhaps considered four different planets. Finally, we propose the thesis that their evil character depends, as for every new star (novae, supernovae, comets, etc.), on the fact that they alter the synchrony of the cosmos with their variable motion (variable declination heaven bodies). Keywords: Foroughi Cup, planets, Moon, Sun, Aramaic culture. The Foroughi Cup The Foroughi Cup is a bronze artefact (fig. 1), dated to the first half of the 1st millennium BC, containing in its concave interior a representation of the celestial vault and seven very small Aramaic inscriptions, only three of which are quite legible: ŠMŠ = Sun (above the representation of the Sun, in which a lion's head is also engraved); ŠHR = Moon (above the representation of the crescent of the Moon); hypothetically R'Š ŠR' = Head of the Bull (above the bucranium).