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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.
The SI unit of force equal to that required to accelerate a 1-kg mass 1 m per second per second (1m/sec2). Compare with dyne.
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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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Great circles that pass through both the north and south poles, also called lines of longitude.
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Great circles that pass through both the north and south poles, also called meridians.
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A measure of distance, the distance light travels in one year, about 63,197 AU.
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Every fourth year, in which a 366th day is added since the Earth's revolution takes 365 days 5 hr 49 min.
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