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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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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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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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A multiplier x1012, from the Greek teras (monster). See the entry for CGPM.
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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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