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The Executive Branch agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research.
A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.
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Literally means "above violet" radiation. Electromagnetic radiation in the neighborhood of 100 nanometers wavelength.
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The world-wide scientific standard of timekeeping. It is based upon carefully maintained atomic clocks and is highly stable. Its rate does not change by more than about 100 picoseconds per day. The addition or subtraction of leap seconds, as necessary, at two opportunities every year adjusts UTC for irregularities in Earth's rotation. The U.S. Naval Observatory website provides information in depth on the derivation of UTC.
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Also called Zulu (Z) time, previously Greenwich Mean Time. UT is based on the imaginary "mean sun," which averages out the effects on the length of the solar day caused by Earth's slightly non-circular orbit about the sun. UT is not updated with leap seconds as is UTC.
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A small natural body which orbits a larger one. A natural satellite. Capitalized, the Earth's natural satellite.
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The process of modifying a radio frequency by shifting its phase, frequency, or amplitude to carry information.
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Small bodies in orbit about the sun which are candidates for falling to Earth or to another planet.
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Rocky or metallic material which has fallen to Earth or to another planet.
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A meteoroid which is in the process of entering Earth's atmosphere. It is called a meteorite after landing.
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