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Volume 40 Issue 1 (2025년 4월) 3건
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2025.04
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
The electric discharge experiment, known as the Miller-Urey experiment, is one of the experiments to understand the origin of life on Earth. The experiment involved simulating the Earth’s early atmosphere by introducing methane(CH4), ammonia(NH3), and nitrogen(N2) gases, and applying energy through electric discharge. Resulting solution was found to contain amino acids such as glycine(C2H5NO2), alanine( C3H7NO2), histidine(C6H9N3O2), proline(C5H9NO2), and valine(C5H11NO2). These amino acids were compared with the results of the recent experiment (Parker et al. 2014). Interestingly, the electric discharge produced C2 swan band and CN emission and it was newly found in gas phase. These two emission bands are commonly observed in comets.
4,000원
2.
2025.04
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
During the reign of King Sejong in the Joseon Dynasty (1433-1438), the Daegyupyo (large gnomon) was produced. The Daegyupyo, with a crossbar (horizontal bar), was used to observe the length of the gnomon’s shadow cast by the sun passing at the meridian. The shadow of this crossbar can be obtained using a measurable device called the Yeongbu (shadow definer). These Daegyupyo and Yeongbu are described in detail in the “Treatise on Astronomy” of Yuan History or “Celestial Spheres and Globes” of Jega-Yeoksang-Jjp (Collected Discourses on the Astronomy and Calendrical Science of the Chinese Masters). According to Jega-Yeoksang-Jjp, the Yeongbu had a structure similar to a door attached to its frame. A pinhole is located in the center of a copper leaf corresponding to the door of the Yeongbu. The image of the sun’s meridian transit and the shadow of the crossbar through the pinhole are projected onto the surface of the Daegyupyo’s ruler stone. Unlike the width and length of the Yeongbu, the height of the Yeongbu is not recorded. This research analyzed the height of the Yeongbu required to maintain the constant distance from the pinhole to the ruler stone surface. Based on these assumptions, it was estimated that 8 to 13 Yeongbu of different heights would be needed for observations using the Daegyupyo in Seoul. To accommodate the need for Yeongbu of various heights, this study proposed a model for a stackable Yeongbu with an adjustable height.
4,000원
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2025.04
구독 인증기관 무료, 개인회원 유료
This study examines an 8-ja (1,66 m) gnomon built by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI, 127°22′32″ N, 36°23′57″ E) in 2011. This gnomon is an astronomical instrument with the same function as the Small Gnomon, which was built in 1440 during the reign of King Sejong of the Joseon Dynasty. The length of the column’s (or crossbar’s) shadow cast by the sun at the meridian passage was measured for a total of 303 days out of the 1,492-day observation period, which lasted from December 2015 to December 2019. The shadow lengths showed a measurement error of -0.8 to 1.2 cm compared to modern calculations. Furthermore, this study also estimated the time of the winter solstice using shadow lengths obtained from modern calculations for 50 days before and after the winter solstice. This calculation method was first introduced in the Daming Calendar (462) by Zu Zhongzhi (祖冲之, 429-500) and was applied to the Shushi Calendar (1281) by Guo Shoujing (郭守敬, 1231~1316). The time of the winter solstice did not demonstrate a constant value on the days before and after the winter solstice but showed a decreasing pattern, which had a constant slope each year. The tropical year can be obtained from the time of the winter solstice of two consecutive years. The fractional part of the tropical year (0.242 189 days) was estimated 0.242 789 ± 0.003 570 days in 2015-2016 (using data from 23 days both before and after the winter solstice) and 0.242 480 ± 0.004 616 days in 2016-2017 (using data from 45 days both before and after the winter solstice). Ultimately, the length of the tropical year estimated from the shadow lengths measured by the KASI’s 8-ja gnomon achieved an accuracy of 365.24 days. The observation value of the 8-ja gnomon showed an error of 0.1624 (±0.1229) days. It was found that this actual measurement error could result in an error of 3.9 h in the estimation of the time of the winter solstice or the accuracy of the length of the tropical year.
4,900원
