Kirkwood gap — Kirkwood gaps are gaps or dips in the distribution of main belt asteroids with semi major axis (or equivalently their orbital period), as seen in the . For example, there are very few asteroids with semimajor axis near 2.50 AU, period 3.95 years … Wikipedia
South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… … Universalium
Southern Africa — Introduction southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The island nation of Madagascar is excluded… … Universalium
William Anderson (missionary) — Infobox Person name =Reverend William Anderson image size =150px caption =Missionary to Southern Africa birth date =1 December 1769 birth place =London, United Kingdom death date =24 September 1852 death place =Pacaltsdorp, South Africa other… … Wikipedia
Coloured — This article is about the term for an ethnic group used in Southern Africa. For other uses, see Color (disambiguation). For usage of coloured or colored outside Southern Africa, see Colored. Coloureds Extended coloured family with roots in Cape… … Wikipedia
Meanings of minor planet names: 1001–1500 — This is a list of the sources of minor planet names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel s Dictionary of Minor Planet Names or Paul Herget s The Names of the Minor Planets… … Wikipedia
Orange Free State — For the former province of South Africa, see Orange Free State Province. Orange Free State Oranje Vrijstaat ← … Wikipedia
Bushmen — Infobox Ethnic group group = The San caption = San man from Botswana poptime = 90,000 + popplace = Botswana (55,000), Namibia (27,000), South Africa (10,000) rels = San Religion langs = various Khoisan languages related = Khoikhoi, Xhosa, Basters … Wikipedia
Baster — ethnic group| group=Basters poptime=20,000 40,000 popplace=Namibia; Lubango, Angola rels=Protestantism langs=Afrikaans, English related=Coloureds, Khoikhoi, Namaqua, Griqua, AfrikanersThe Basters (also known as Baasters, Rehobothers or Rehoboth… … Wikipedia
Groups of minor planets — An asteroid group or minor planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break up of a single… … Wikipedia
