Other uses Image Thor.jpg right thumb Thor s Battle Against the J tunn J tnar 1872 by M rten Eskil Winge In Norse mythology , Thor from Old Norse rr is a hammer wielding god associated with thunder ... stemming from Proto Indo European religion , Thor is a prominently mentioned god throughout the recorded ... of the god bear witness to his popularity. Into the modern period, Thor continued to be acknowledged in rural folklore throughout Germanic speaking Europe Germanic regions. Thor is frequently referred to in place names, the day of the week Thursday Thor s day bears his name, and names stemming from ... Thor are provided. In these sources, Thor bears at least List of names of Thor fourteen names , is the husband ... beard and the use of Redbeard as an epithet for Thor, see Hilda Ellis Davidson H.R. Ellis Davidson , Gods ... Edda says ambiguously that His hair is more beautiful than gold. ref With Sif, Thor fathered ... Ullr . The same sources list Thor as the son of the god Odin and the personified earth, Fj rgyn and Fj rgynn Fj rgyn , and by way of Odin, Thor has Sons of Odin numerous brothers . Thor has two servants ... . Thor wields the mountain crushing hammer, Mj llnir , wears the belt Megingj r and the iron gloves J rngreipr , and owns the staff Gr arv lr . Thor s exploits, including his relentless slaughter of his ... J. Grimm, ber die Namen des Donners 1854 . ref Thor s name is the origin of the name Thursday . By employing ... dies Iovis day of Jupiter was converted into Proto Germanic onares dagaz Thor s day , from which ... to the widescale Viking Age practice of wearing Thor s hammer pendants. ref name SIMEK321 Simek 2007 ... s name, unor . However, the modern spelling Thor is an anglicization of the Old Norse name by way ... herja swi e Wulfstan homilies 21a , ca. 1020 . Description of the great Idol Thor. Richard Verstegan ... Thor is frequently referred to via a process known as interpretatio romana where characteristics perceived ... mythology Mercury , Thor as Hercules , and the god T r as Mars mythology Mars , and the identity ... more details
Thor Halvorssen may refer to Thor Halvorssen Hellum , Venezuelan businessman, special commissioner for international narcotic affairs, with the rank of ambassador Thor Halvorssen Mendoza , his son, film producer and founder of Human Rights Foundation hndis Halvorssen, Thor ... more details
wiktionary ThorthorThor is the god of thunder in Norse mythology Thor may also refer to tocright Technology Thor satellite previously known as Marcopolo , a satellite constellation owned by Telenor CST Thor , a series of personal computers designed by Cambridge Systems Technology THOR, a type of crash test dummy, see Crash test dummy Hybrid s successors Thor CD , a recordable CD format proposed in 1988 by Tandy but never released in commercial version Thor rocket family , a space launch vehicle derived from the PGM 17 Bristol Thor , ramjet engine used on the Bristol Bloodhound missile Thor Power Tool Company , a defunct automobile maker in Aurora, Illinois Thor Industries worlds largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles Thor washing machine , the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in the United States Thor III , a man portable device for remote controlled Improvised explosive device IED jamming http ThorMotorCoach.com Thor Motor Coach Motorhome Manufacturer in North America Entertainment Music Jon Mikl Thor born 1955 , Canadian heavy metal singer and bodybuilder Thor Salden born 1997 , Belgian singer Thor singer born 1982 , Filipino singer, performer & songwriter Thor Hazael album Thor Hazael album , 1994 Thor Wizard album Thor Wizard album , 2009 Thor band , a Canadian heavy metal band Other Thor comics , various characters Thor Marvel Comics , most notable comic book character with this name Thor film Thor film , a 2011 American live action superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor soundtrack Thor soundtrack Thor Comico Comics , a fictional character in the Comico comic book series Elementals Phecda Gamma Thor , a character from the anime, Saint Seiya Thor The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy , a character in The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Thor Stargate , an extraterrestrial alien character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG 1 Legends of Valhalla Thor , 2011 CGI animated feature film a playable character in the video ... more details
Infobox French commune name Le Thor image Le Thor 1 by JM Rosier.jpg caption Town hall region Provence Alpes C te d Azur department Vaucluse arrondissement Avignon canton L Isle sur la Sorgue INSEE 84132 postal code 84250 mayor Jacques Olivier intercommunality Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse longitude 4.995 latitude 43.93 elevation m 53 elevation min m 38 elevation max m 111 area km2 35.53 population 7834 population date 2006 Le Thor is a Communes of France commune in the Vaucluse Departments of France department in the Provence Alpes C te d Azur Regions of France region in southeastern France . It has an attractive Romanesque church, Notre Dame du Lac Church Notre Dame du Lac . See also Communes of the Vaucluse department References http www.insee.fr en home home page.asp INSEE reflist External links http www.ville lethor.fr Town s website Commons category Le Thor Vaucluse communes DEFAULTSORT Thor Category Communes of Vaucluse Vaucluse geo stub ca Lo T r ceb Le Thor cs Le Thor de Le Thor es Le Thor eu Le Thor fr Le Thor it Le Thor lmo Le Thor nl Le Thor oc Lo T r pl Le Thor pt Le Thor sk Le Thor uk vi Le Thor vo Le Thor war Le Thor ... more details
Orphan date November 2006 File ThorSorheim01.jpg thumb Thor S rheim, author and poet Thor S rheim born 1949 is a Norway Norwegian author . ref http www.snl.no Thor S C3 B8rheim Thor S rheim in Store norske leksikon no icon ref Bibliography Empty section date July 2010 References Reflist External links http www.nrk.no nyheter kultur forfattere 2240424.html Thor S rheim at NRK NRK Authors http www.dagbladet.no kontekst 14015.html Thor S rheim at Dagbladet Dagbladet Authors http www.aftenposten.no alex litterat forfatte sorheimt.htm Thor S rheim at Aftenposten Aftenposten Alex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Soerheim, Thor ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Soerheim, Thor Category Norwegian writers Category 1949 births Category Living people Norway writer stub no Thor S rheim ... more details
Italic title Taxobox name Thor image Squat shrimp Nick Hobgood.jpg image caption Thor amboinensis regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a subphylum Crustacean Crustacea classis Malacostraca ordo Decapoda infraordo Caridea familia Hippolytidae genus Thor genus authority Kingsley, 1878 Thor is a genus of shrimp , containing the following species ref name Carideorum cite journal author S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen year 2011 title Carideorum Catalogus the Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps Crustacea Decapoda journal Zoologische Mededelingen volume 85 issue 9 pages 195 589, figs. 1 59 isbn 978 90 6519 200 4 publisher url http www.zoologischemededelingen.nl 85 nr02 a01 ref ref cite WoRMS author Charles Fransen, Sammy De Grave & Michael T rkay year 2012 title Thor Kingsley, 1878a id 106995 accessdate February 5, 2012 ref div col colwidth 18em Thor algicola small Wicksten, 1987 small Thor amboinensis small De Man, 1888 small Thor cocoensis small Wicksten & Vargas, 2001 small Thor cordelli small Wicksten, 1996 small Thor dobkini small Chace, 1972 small Thor floridanus small Kingsley, 1878 small Thor intermedius small Holthuis, 1947 small Thor manningi small Chace, 1972 small Thor marguitae small Bruce, 1978 small Thor paschalis small Heller, 1862 small Thor spinipes small Bruce, 1983 small Thor spinosus small Boone, 1935 small div col end References reflist Category Alpheoidea decapod stub fr Thor genre ... more details
Thor has been the name of one ship of the Swedish Navy and one submarine of the Royal Navy . HMS Thor 1898 , was a Sweden Swedish coastal defence ship that was launched on 7 March 1898. HMS Thor P349 , was a Royal Navy British T class submarine Group Three T class submarine laid down at Portsmouth Portsmouth Dockyard on 5 April 1943 and launched on 18 April 1944. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Thor Category Royal Swedish Navy ship names Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
File Thor Lange.jpg thumb Thor Lange Thor N ve Lange 9 April 1851 22 February 1915 was a Denmark Danish author . Biography He was born in Copenhagen. About 1877 he went to Moscow as Danish consul . His works include translations from classical Greek language ancient Greek , Old French language Old French , and Russian language Russian , and he made a good translation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow s Golden Legend 3d ed. 1891 . He also compiled Skildringer fra den russiske Literatur 1886 . His original volumes include En maaned i Orienten Flygtize Skizzer 1887 Skitser og Phantaseir 1890 and a collection of his poems, Gennem farret Glas 1894 . References Cite NIE Lange, Thor N ve year 1905 vb 1 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lange, Thor ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 9 April 1851 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 22 February 1915 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lange, Thor Category 1851 births Category 1915 deaths Category Danish writers Category Danish translators denmark writer stub da Thor Lange de Thor Lange eo Thor Lange no Thor Lange ru , sv Thor Lange uk ... more details
Thor 3 was a satellite used by Canal Digital in the Nordic areas for Direct To Home DTH services. It had 14 K sub u sub band transponders, and was situated at 1 degree west. Thor 3 was launched in June 1998, with an expected lifetime at 12 years. It was replaced by Thor 6 which was launched 29th of October, 2009. Thor 6 now serves the Nordic region as well as the Central and Eastern European regions. ref http telenorsbc.com templates Page.aspx?id 377 ref References references Orbital launches in 1998 Orbital launches in 2009 Category Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Category 1998 in spaceflight communications satellite stub cs Thor 3 de Thor 3 ... more details
Notability Biography date September 2009 Infobox person name Thor Aackerlund birth date birth place Houston, Texas , United States ref name Thor Aakerland Nintendo 1990 Powerfest cite web title The Warp ... ref name Thor Aakerland Nintendo 1990 Powerfest ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information cite web ... nes 46.php accessdate 2008 10 12 ref ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information 2 cite web title ... 10 12 ref occupation Spokesman for Camerica ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information nationality Thor ... Championships NWC Nintendo World Championships . ref name Thor Aakerland Nintendo 1990 Powerfest ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information 2 He holds a Mario trophy from the competition. ref name Thor Aakerland Nintendo 1990 Powerfest ref name Thor Aakerland NWC ... Racer , and Tetris . ref name Thor Aakerland Nintendo 1990 Powerfest ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information 2 The best players from around the United States were selected to play in the competition. ref name Thor Aakerland Nintendo 1990 Powerfest ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information 2 One of the items the winners obtained was a gray cartridge from the specially made Nintendo World Championships NWC game cartridges. ref name Thor Aakerland Nintendo 1990 Powerfest ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information 2 116 special carts were made, 90 of them were gray cartridges. ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information 2 Guidelines to Win blockquote Collect 50 coins in Super Mario ... points in objective blockquote ref name Thor Aakerland Nintendo 1990 Powerfest ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information 2 Top Scorer Scores blockquote Thor Aackerlund ref name Thor Aakerland NWC ... points Scores approximate blockquote ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information 2 Camerica For the main .... ref name Thor Aakerland NWC Information References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia ... more details
The CST Thor series of personal computer s were Sinclair QL compatible systems designed and produced by Cambridge Systems Technology during the late 1980s. Thor PC The original Thor PC also called Thor 1 , sometimes also retrospectively referred to as the Thor 8 , was launched in 1986, as a logical progression ... Thor 1F or two Thor 2F 3.5 inch floppy drives or one floppy drive and one 20 MB Rodime RO652 SCSI hard disk Thor 2WF . The ROMs contained Eidersoft s ICE GUI and some Sinclair QDOS QDOS extensions. Also supplied with the Thor was a specially commissioned version of the Psion Xchange application software suite an enhanced edition of the Psion applications bundled with the QL . Prices for the Thor ... was also available. Total production of the Thor PC ran to around 1100 units Citation needed date February 2007 . Thor 20 21 The Thor 20 and Thor 21 were variants of the Thor PC launched in April 1987 ... processor ran at 12.5 MHz, a 16.67 MHz option also being offered at higher cost. The Thor ... speed as the CPU. Performance was significantly better than the Thor 1, but handicapped by the use of the 8 bit memory of the base system. The Thor 20 and 21 were shipped with a 68020 macro Assembly .... The Thor 20 and 21 were very expensive a 12.5 MHz Thor 21 costing around twice as much as a Thor 1F and were mainly placed on loan to the software development community. Thor XVI The Thor XVI ... Computer World Show in September 1987. Unlike the previous models, the Thor XVI s hardware was of a completely .... The Thor XVI was housed in a case similar to that of the Thor PC. The Thor XVI included in ROM a QDOS ... 2007 Thor XVIs were built in the UK. Prices were slightly higher than the Thor PC. Later in 1988, a joint CST DanSoft marketing operation, Thor International, was formed in Denmark in an attempt to increase sales to the European market. The Thor XVI hardware was revised slightly and production ..., but this came to nothing. The following year, Thor International and CST collapsed amid acrimony and legal ... more details
Thor Bj rklund October 30, 1889 December 8, 1975 was a Norway Norwegian inventor . He is best known as the inventor of a popular cheese slicer which developed into an important Norwegian export products. ref http www.bjorklund 1925.no index.php?option com content&task view&id 26&Itemid 52&lang en History Thor Bj rklund & S nner AS ref Thor Bj rklund was apprenticed as cabinet maker. He also attended the Arts and Crafts School in Oslo . He was employed for some time as a master carpenter . He began to experiment with a carpenter s Plane tool plane in the hope that he could create something similar for use in the kitchen. He succeeded. To start with, he made cheese slicers from his workshop, and on 27 February 1925 he patented the object which is today found in most households in the Nordic countries . ref http www.nortrade.com index.php?cmd show news&id 3070 The Cheese Slicer A Norwegian Icon celebrates its 80th birthday Nortrade, Norway s official trade portal ref In 1927 he started the firm today known as Thor Bj rklund & S nner AS. The company still produce cheese slicers in Lillehammer . As of November 17, 2009, Thor Bj rklund & S nner AS operates as a subsidiary of Gudbrandsdal Industrier AS. ref http tasteful inventions.blogspot.com 2010 02 thor bjrklund cheese slicer.html Thor Bj rklund Cheese Slicer Tasteful Inventions ref References Reflist External links http www.bjorklund 1925.no Thor Bj rklund & S nner AS Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bjorklund, Thor ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1889 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1975 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bjorklund, Thor Category 1889 births Category 1975 deaths Category Norwegian inventors Norway bio stub engineer stub da Thor Bj rklund fr Thor Bj rklund no Thor Bj rklund nn Thor Bj rklund sv Thor Bj rklund ... more details
Infobox mountain name Mount Thor photo Mount Thor Peak 1997 08 07.jpg photo caption Mount Thor in 1997 elevation m 1675 elevation ref ref name bivouac prominence location Nunavut , Canada range Baffin Mountains coordinates coord 66 32 N 065 19 W type mountain region CA NU display inline,title name Mount Thor coordinates ref ref name bivouac topo National Topographic System NTS 026.I.11 Mount Thor , officially gazetted as Thor Peak , is a mountain with an elevation of 1,675 m 5,495 ft located in Auyuittuq National Park , on Baffin Island , Nunavut , Canada . The mountain is located convert 46 km abbr on northeast of Pangnirtung, Nunavut Pangnirtung and features the Earth s Extremes on Earth greatest ... http www.dailygalaxy.com my weblog 2010 03 mount thor the greatest vertical drop on earth.html Mount Thor The Greatest Vertical Drop on Earth ref This feature makes the site popular with rock climbing ... to the Akshayuk Valley near Overlord Peak. Image Mount Thor.jpg thumb left Mount Thor, including its steep cliff Mount Thor is part of the Baffin Mountains which in turn form part of the Arctic ... named Thor . ref name bivouac cite bivouac id 4155 name Thor Peak accessdate 2009 11 30 ref Donald Morton and Lyman Spitzer made the first ascent of Mount Thor in 1965 during the Alpine Club of Canada ... record for longest Abseiling rappel was set on Mount Thor, July 23, 2006, by an United States American ... last2 first2 author2 link title Mount Thor 33 Days on the West Face journal Climbing Magazine volume ... Morning News article about Mt. Thor and other Akshayuk Pass features by writer Dave Levinthal Arctic Cordillera Mountains of Nunavut Category Arctic Cordillera Thor Category Extreme points of Earth Thor Category Baffin Island Thor Category Cliffs of Canada Thor QikiqtaalukNU geo stub cs Mount Thor de Mount Thor fr Mont Thor is rsfjall it Monte Thor pt Monte Thor simple Mount Thor fi Mount Thor sv Mount Thor ... more details
File Thor Lillehovde Arbeiderpartiet.jpg thumb Thor Lillehovde Thor Lillehovde born 3 April 1948 is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party Labour Party . He served as an assistant deputy representative to the Stortinget Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark during the term 1997&ndash 2001. From 1991 to 2007, Lillehovde was the mayor of Ringsaker . References Stortingetbio TL br Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lillehovde, Thor ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 3 April 1948 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lillehovde, Thor Category 1948 births Category Living people Category Deputy members of the Parliament of Norway Category Labour Party Norway politicians Category Mayors of places in Hedmark Norway mayor stub Norway politician 1940s stub no Thor Lillehovde nn Thor Lillehovde ... more details
Infobox rocket image Thor Able Star with Transit VBN 2 Dec 5 1963.jpg caption Launch of a Thor Ablestar 2 with a Transit satellite Transit satellite imsize 150 function Orbital carrier rocket country origin USA manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Corporation Douglas Aerojet family Thor rocket family Thor comparable Delta rocket family Delta sites Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17 LC 17 , Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Canaveral br Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 LC 75 1 , Point ... stage stageno First name PGM 17 ThorThor engines 1 MB 3 1 thrust convert 760.64 kN lbf SI 285 sec ... UDMH The Thor Ablestar , or Thor Able Star , also known as Thor Epsilon ref name GSP Cite web url http space.skyrocket.de doc lau thor ablestar.htm title Thor Able Star last Krebs first Gunter publisher ... system consisting of a PGM 17 Thor missile, with an Ablestar upper stage. It was a member of the Thor rocket family Thor family of rockets, and was derived from the Thor Able . The Ablestar second stage was an enlarged version of the Able rocket stage Able , which gave the Thor Ablestar a greater payload capacity compared to the Thor Able. It also incorporated restart capabilities, allowing a multiple ... accessdate 2008 11 30 ref Nineteen Thor Ablestars were launched, of which four failed, and a fifth ... name EA Two versions were built the Thor Ablestar 1, with a DM 21 Thor, and an AJ 10 AJ 10 104 second stage engine, and the Thor Ablestar 2, which had a DSV 2A Thor first stage, and an uprated AJ 10 104D engine on the second stage. ref name GSP Thor Ablestar 1 launches occurred from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17 LC 17 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Cape Canaveral , and Thor ... also List of Thor Ablestar launches References Reflist Expendable launch systems US launch systems Thor and Delta rockets Use dmy dates date September 2010 Category Thor rocket family Rocketry stub he pl Thor Able Star ... more details
Image Thor Vilhjalmsson in 2008.jpg thumb right 200px Thor Vilhj lmsson, photographed in 2008 by rlygur Hnefill. Thor Vilhj lmsson IPA is t ou r v l aulm s n Icelandic pronunciation August 12, 1925 spaced ndash March 2, 2011 was an Iceland ic writer. He was born in Edinburgh , Scotland . Over the course of his life Vilhj lmsson wrote novels, plays and poetry and also did translations. In 1988 he won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for his novel Justice Undone Icelandic Gr mosinn gl ir . In 1992, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize , known as the little Nobel . Bibliography partial 1950 Ma urinn er alltaf einn 1954 Dagar mannsins 1957 Andlit spegli dropans 1968 Flj tt, flj tt sag i fuglinn 1970 p bj llunnar 1972 Folda rj r sk rslur 1975 Fuglaskott s 1976 M nasig 1977 Skuggar af sk jum 1979 Turnleikh si 1986 Gr mosinn gl ir English translation Justice Undone ISBN 1899197109 1989 N ttv g 1994 Tv l si 1998 Morgun ula str um 2002 Sveigur External links commons category http www.bokmenntir.is rithofundur.asp?cat id 592&author id 88&lang 8 Site on Icelandic writers The Nordic Council s Literature Prize Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thor Vilhjalmsson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1925 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH March 2, 2011 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thor Vilhjalmsson Category Icelandic writers Category Icelandic poets Category Nordic Council Literature Prize winners Category 1925 births Vilhjalmsson, Thor Category 2011 deaths Vilhjalmsson, Thor Iceland writer stub br Thor Vilhj lmsson de Thor Vilhj lmsson es Thor Vilhj lmsson eo Thor Vilhj lmsson eu Thor Vilhj lmsson fr Thor Vilhj lmsson is Thor Vilhj lmsson it Thor Vilhj lmsson ja no Thor Vilhj lmsson nn Thor Vilhj lmsson pl Thor Vilhj lmsson pt Thor Vilhj lmsson ru simple Thor Vilhjalmsson sv Thor Vilhj lmsson uk ... more details
Thor Listau b. 1938 is a Norway Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party of Norway Conservative Party . He was the Minister of Fisheries 1981 1985. ref cite web url http www.stortinget.no no Representanter og komiteer Representantene Representantfordeling Representant ?perid THLI title Listau, Thor 1938 publisher Stortinget.no language Norwegian accessdate 8 January 2010 ref References refs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Listau, Thor ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1938 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Listau, Thor Category 1938 births Category Living people Category Government ministers of Norway Category Members of the Parliament of Norway Category Conservative Party Norway politicians Norway politician 1930s stub no Thor Listau ... more details
Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Thor or Tor , after the Norse mythology Norse god of thunder Thor HNoMS Thor 1872 HNoMS Thor 1872 was a Monitor warship monitor launched in 1872, and wrecked on the way to scrapping in 1919. HNoMS Tor 1939 HNoMS Tor 1939 was a Sleipner class destroyer Sleipner class destroyer launched in 1939. In 1940 she was captured by the Germans and renamed Tiger . Returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy after the World War II Second World War , she served until 1959, then sold for scrapping. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Thor Category Royal Norwegian Navy ship names ... more details
Thor has appeared as a character in various comics over the years, appearing in series from a range of publishers. Marvel Comics Main Thor Marvel Comics See also Ultimate ThorThor often called The Mighty Thor is a Marvel Comics superhero , based on the Thor thunder god of Norse mythology . The superhero ... Marvel Comics Odin , Thor acts as a superhero while maintaining the secret identity of Dr. Donald Blake ... transforms into Thor. Thor, a founding member of the superhero group the Avengers comics Avengers , often ... based on him. Chris Hemsworth portrays Thor in films set within Marvel Studios Marvel Cinematic Universe cinematic universe , first appearing in the 2011 film Thor film Thor . Hemsworth reprised his role for 2012 s The Avengers 2012 film The Avengers and is set to return again in Thor 2 . DC Comics Thor appears briefly in Neil Gaiman s The Sandman Vertigo Sandman series. In Seasons Of Mists , he, Odin and Loki try and fail to get the key of Hell . In Seasons Of Mists , Thor is generally portrayed as being drunk and lewd. This is in contrast to the Marvel Comics portrayal of Thor, where Thor is portrayed as very noble and earnest. Later in the Kindly Ones , he helps Odin bring Loki back after he escaped them and caused chaos . Comico Comics Main Thor Comico Comics Thor is also a fictional ... a Thor was featured. His very first published newspaper comic series when World War II stopped US ... returned still during the war with his name changed to Thor . In De Rode Ridder series the existence of the thunder god Thor is shown in 45, The Hammer of Thor, 1970 and the Thunderer has a role ... the Marvel Thor, Biddeloo s Thor is more or less a country boy, with enormous powers but bound by responsibility avoidance of Ragnarok . The hammer of Thor was a weapon mortals could and did carry ... en Wiske Spike and Suzy , Thor is featured once in 158 in a story by Paul Geerts . Thor in this version ... s Thor, this one is also dressed in animal skins, and that may be seen as a reference to the caveman ... more details
Image Thor Agena B with Discoverer 37 on launch pad Jan. 13 1962 .jpg thumb A Thor Agena, ready to launch the Discoverer 37 KH 3 spacecraft, 13 January 1962 Seealso Thor rocket family Thorad Agena Thor Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicle s. The rocket s used Thor rocket family Thor first Multistage rocket stage s and RM 81 Agena Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more famous Thor Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family Delta rocket family. The first attempted launch of a Thor Agena was in January 1959. The first successful launch was on February 28, 1959, launching Corona satellite Discoverer 1 . Uses Among other uses, the clandestine Corona satellite Corona program used Thor Agenas from June 1959 until January 1968 to launch United States US military Spy satellite reconnaissance satellite s operated by the Central Intelligence Agency CIA . In 1962, for example, Thor Agena launch vehicles were used in 1962 in spaceflight 24 launch attempts now known to have been part of satellite surveillance programs. Also, Alouette 1 , Canada s first satellite, was launched on a Thor Agena B. Versions Thor Agena A 16 launches between 21 Jan 1959 and 13 Sep 1960 The Discoverer 14 satellite used in the Corona satellite Corona spy satellite program was launched by a Thor Agena A. On 1960 08 19 usable photographic film from the satellite was recovered by a C 119 Flying Boxcar C 119 recovery aircraft. This was the first successful recovery of film from an orbiting satellite and the first Mid air retrieval mid air recovery of an object returning from Earth orbit. ref ... 14 NSSDC ID 1960 010A publisher NASA ref Thor Agena B First successful launch Nov 12, 1960 with Discoverer 17 Last launch May 15, 1966 with Nimbus 2 Thor Agena D First launch Jun 28, 1962 Last launch Jan 17, 1968 References reflist Expendable launch systems US launch systems Thor and Delta rockets ... Thor rocket family rocket stub bg fr Thor Agena it Thor Agena he ja ru ... more details
Infobox Spacecraft Name Thor 5 Thor 2R Organisation Telenor Mission Type Communications satellite Communication Satellite Of Earth Launch 11 February 2008, 11 34 GMT Carrier Rocket Proton M Briz M NSSDC ID 2008 006A Webpage http www.telenor.com Telenor Mass 1960 Kilogram kg Power 3,600 watt s from solar panels Orbital elements Yes Orbit regime Geosynchronous orbit Geosynchronous Orbital Period 24 hours Apoapsis convert 35780 km mi Periapsis convert 35780 km mi Inclination 0 Thor 5 , also known as Thor 2R is a Norway Norwegian communications satellite . It was successfully launched for Telenor atop an International Launch Services Proton M Briz M carrier rocket , at 11 34 GMT on 11 February 2008. ref cite web url http www.ilslaunch.com ils news 021108 title ILS Proton successfully launches THOR 5 satellite publisher ILS ref It is based on the STAR Bus Star 2 satellite bus, and was constructed by Orbital Sciences Corporation . It carries 24 Ku band K sub u sub band transponder s, to provide Direct To Home direct to home television broadcasting. After launch, the Briz M upper stage placed Thor 5 directly into a geosynchronous orbit , eliminating the need for orbital raising manoeuvres and making the spacecraft able to save weight by carrying less fuel. It will be positioned at a longitude of 1 West. ref name GSP http space.skyrocket.de doc sdat thor 5.htm Gunter s Space Page Thor 5 ref References reflist Orbital launches in 2008 Category Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Category 2008 in spaceflight communications satellite stub de Thor 5 hr Thor 5 ja 5 no Thor 5 ru Thor 5 uk Thor 5 ... more details
Infobox Rocket image Thor DSV 2U launch with DMSP 5D F5 satellite.jpg caption Launch of the last Thor DSV 2U carrying DMSP 5D1 F5 JunoNet Yloxo function Expendable launch system country origin USA sites Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 10 SLC 10W launches 5 success 4 failed 1 status Retired first 1976 09 11 last 1980 07 15 The Thor DSV 2U or Thor LV 2F Star 37XE Star 37S ISS was an United States American expendable launch system used to launch five Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DMSP weather satellite s between 1976 and 1980. It was a member of the Thor rocket family Thor family of rockets, and a derivative of the Thor DSV 2 . The first stage was a PGM 17 ThorThor missile in the DM 19 configuration. A Star 37XE was used as the second stage, and the third stage was a Star 37S Star 37S ISS . All five launches were conducted from Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 10 Space Launch Complex 10W at the Vandenberg Air Force Base . The final launch failed due to a malfunction during separation of the second and third stages which led to the spacecraft s wiring being ripped out. References refbegin cite web url http www.astronautix.com lvs delta.htm title Delta last Wade first Mark publisher Encyclopedia Astronautica accessdate 2009 02 09 cite web url http space.skyrocket.de doc lau fam thor.htm title Thor family last Krebs first Gunter publisher Gunter s Space Page accessdate 2009 02 09 refend Expendable launch systems US launch systems Thor and Delta rockets rocket stub Category Thor rocket family he DSV 2U ... more details
Stefan Thor born 1964 is a Swedish professor of biology at Link ping University . Stefan Thor was born in Uppsala , Sweden . He obtained a bachelor s degree in 1988 and a doctorate degree in molecular biology in 1994 at Ume University , Sweden. Between 1994 and 1999 he was a visiting research fellow at Salk Institute , La Jolla , USA , followed by five years as assistant professor and head of a research group at the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School , Boston . In 2004 he was appointed professor of biology at Link ping University, focusing on evolutionary biology and molecular genetics . ref Professorial inauguration, Spring 2004, Link ping University. ref Thor s research team investigates the formation of the nervous system during embryonic development , i.e. its early development from a fertilized egg cell. Using the fruit fly Drosophila as a system model, Thor s research could be significant in the future in the fight against human neurological diseases . ref cite web title Stefan Thor url http www.hu.liu.se ike forskning utvecklingsbiologi stefan thor?l en&sc true publisher Link ping University accessdate 2011 10 25 ref Thor was the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Swedish award, the G ran Gustafsson Prize in molecular biology, and the annual Eric K Fernstr m Prize, which heralds young, and successful researchers at six Swedish medical faculties. ref cite web title Stefan Thor receives the Fernstr m Prize url http www.liu.se liu nytt arkiv news 1.20968?l en publisher Link ping University accessdate 2011 10 25 ref External links http www.ep.liu.se PubList Default.aspx?userid steth80 Publications, Stefan Thor, Link ping University Electronic Press References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thor, Stefan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... DEFAULTSORT Thor, Stefan Category Swedish biologists Category Link ping University academics Category Swedish civil servants Category 1964 births Category Living people sv Stefan Thor ... more details
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