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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.
One of many SI units of measure expressed as relationships of the SI base units. For example, the watt, W, is the SI derived unit of power. It is equal to joules per second. W = m2 ⋅ kg ⋅ s–3 (Note: the joule, J, is the SI derived unit for energy, work, or quantity of heat.) See also Units of Measure.
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One of seven SI units of measure from which all the other SI units are derived. See SI derived unit.
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Half the distance of an ellipse's maximum diameter, the distance from the center of the ellipse to one end.
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A small body which orbits a larger one. A natural or an artificial moon. Earth-orbiting spacecraft are called satellites. While deep-space vehicles are technically satellites of the sun or of another planet, or of the galactic center, they are generally called spacecraft instead of satellites.
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The angular distance of a celestial object measured in hours, minutes, and seconds along the celestial equator eastward from the vernal equinox.
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The deflection or bending of electromagnetic waves when they pass from one kind of transparent medium into another.
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The deflection or bouncing of electromagnetic waves when they encounter a surface.
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