Mons Of Neptune

Irish on song in Azerbaijan

BOXING: David Oliver Joyce was successful for Ireland in the World Championships and the AIBA Olympic qualifiers in Azerbaijan, yesterday

The St-Michel Athy light posted a 23-11 decision over Muhammad Momevand of Iran in Baku to set up a final clash with Mohammad-32 Khaybar of Afghanistan of tomorrow. Man Kildare - forcing Iranian tall and slender in an account standing in the third round - was 14-7 when he answered the bell for the start of the third.

Earlier yesterday, Darren O'Neill Glod Eneste eliminated.The left-hander beat Kilkenny Norwegian Middleweight 16-5 in a repeat of the 2009 final of the European Union, which O'Neill, silver medalist at the 2010 European Championships, won 13-2.

He will now meet 32, 2004 and 2008 Egyptian Mohamed Hikal Olympian, won a bronze medal at the 2005 AIBA World Championships tomorrow. Victories yesterday ensure that all 10 Irish players selected are now over the last 32 of the tournament.

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Gaelic football: Carlow senior football champions Old Leighlin responded with a poor start to book a first final meeting with SFC Tinryland, 2-7 to 1-6 after winning yesterday's semi-final replay in Dr. Cullen Eire Og in Park.

Eire Og led 1-2 to 0-1 after a goal of cracking 10 minutes of the center-forward Alan O'Brien. The challengers were 1-4 to 1-3 at half time but a goal for Old Leighlin left half-forward David Bambrick on 37 minutes put the champions in front for the first time (2-4 to 1-5) .

Once before men near the border of Kilkenny held their nerve to book a final meeting on October 9 with Tinryland.

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Hurling: Having initially resembled that Fr Collins Cup in the bag, holders of Lavey need shelter from Paddy Henry deep in injury time to salvage a draw 1-14 to 3-8 against Kevin Lynch in the final Derry SHC at Celtic Park yesterday.

A pair of goals from Henry and a third from Cailean O'Boyle seemed to have put men on the way to Gulladuff consecutive titles County as they led 3-7 to 0-12 as the game came six minutes from time Additional.Two free Paddy Kelly closed the gap to two and then substitute CIARN Mackle found the side netting to put Kevin Lynch 1-14 to 3-7 in front before Henry has to save the day for Lavey and earn a replay.

A Collection of Celestial Facts: Neptune & Mars

The planet furthest from the Sun is Neptune, which has a total of 13 moons. It takes Neptune 164 years and 298 days to orbit the Sun – so long that we haven't lived to see its completion since it was discovered. The first orbit around the Sun that we've detected occurred on July 12, 2011. Reaching speeds of up to 2,000 km/h, the surface winds of the planet are the strongest of any planet. One of Neptune's popular moons is called Triton is special because it is the only known large moon in the Solar System that was a retrograde orbit. The moon was discovered in 1846 and revolves around the planet in the opposite direction to the planet's rotation. Astronomers describe Mars as a cold desert climate that possesses half the diameter of Earth. Earth shares some of the same dry land characteristics with Mars, which also displays polar ice caps, seasons, volcanoes, canyons, and changes in weather. For example, space probes have identified a volcano on Mars that has been called Olympus Mons, which measures 17 miles high. This is more than 3 times the height of the infamous Mount Everest. In previous years, Ceres was once thought of as the largest asteroid, but in recent time, it has been given a different class – dwarf planet. Measuring 582 miles in diameter, Ceres was found on New Year's Day in 1801. Since its discovery, thousands of asteroids have been identified. It is estimated that there are most likely more than 1 million asteroids larger than half a mile in diameter.

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