k2

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The world’s second highest mountain, located in the Tibetan Himalayas

Mount Godwin Austen the second highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest, on the border between Kashmir and China. or Dapsang Mountain in the Karakoram Range. The world's second highest peak, it reaches 28,251 ft (8,611 m); it lies partly in China and partly in the Pakistani-administered portion of the Kashmir region. It was discovered and measured in 1856 by Col. T.G. Montgomerie and was given the symbol K2 because it was the second peak measured in the Karakoram Range. In 1954 the Italians Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli became the first climbers to reach its summit

Mount Godwin-Austen

Lunisolar semi diurnal constituent This constituent modulates the amplitude and frequency of M2 and S2 for the declination Al effect of the Moon and Sun, respectively Speed = 2T + 2h = 30 082,137,3° per solar hour

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float Semiamplitude; units: km/s K2_Remchar ''*'' indicates remark for K2 Vel_1_Uncchar indicates uncertainty in Vel_1 Vel_1float Systemic velocity; units: km/s Vel_1_Remchar indicates remark for Vel_1 Vel_2float Systemic velocity; units: km/s Vel_2_Remchar indicates remark for Vel_2 MassFuncreal Function; units: Msol Mass_1real Primary mass; units: Msol Mass_2real Secondary mass; units: Msol MajAxis_1real axis; units: km; scale by 1000000 MajAxis_2real axis; units: km; scale by 1000000 Orbit_Qualchar quality of the orbit, see comment; a=definitive orbit; b=good orbit, but some uncertainty remains about some of the elements; c=average orbit; d= poor orbit; e=very poor orbit; i=not enough information to place in a category Go back to main index webmaster@ucolick org A Service of the Computing Support Group UCO/Lick Observatory University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

Lunisolar semidiurnal constituent Modulates the amplitude and frequency of M2 and S2 for the declinational effects of the Moon and Sun respectively

a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high)

Etymology

() Thomas Montgomerie designated the mountain K2 in 1856 for being the second peak of the Karakoram range.