Several species were hunted to extinction, most notably the moa and harpagornis.
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But OGLE and MOA have now seen a microlensing planet that is far more convincing.
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The MOA is a ghost mall, with visitors down at least 30% and more on weekdays.
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Two of the teams leading the hunt for microlensing events are called MOA and OGLE.
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But the latest research suggests that there were between 3 and 12 million moa.
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One wall is given over to 12 boxes that contain what look like whitened moa bones.
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Some of the birds pictured are long extinct, including moa and Haast's eagles.
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Typical cant angles offered by mounting components manufacturers are 20 and 30 MOA.
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The planet, dubbed MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb, is around 3000 light years from Earth.
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Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
The moa were eleven species (in six genera) of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about .Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
Mall of America (also MOA, MoA, the Megamall) is a super-regional shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. ...
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Large, wingless birds native to New Zealand; hunted to extinction by early settlers; extinction established need to develop new sources of protein. (p. 248)
Minute of Angle. Angular unit of measure used to describe the accuracy potential of rifles, ammunition, bullets or loads. One MOA equals 1/60th of a degree ( 21 600 minutes in a circle ) and subtends 1.047 inches at 100 yards, or, for practical purposes, 1" at 100 yards
The Mall of America has this handy abbreviation.
Airspace, depicted on navigational charts, in which military flight operations (training and practice combat) are conducted. May be transited by VFR civilian traffic, but special vigilance is recommended. (See also Restricted Area)
Military Operations Areas are shown on a sectional chart by a line of magenta hash marks with a sharp outer edge. Permission to fly in a MOA is not required, but current activity can be found out by calling 1-800-WXBRIEF.