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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 Mars Environmental Survey (MESUR) engineering prototype later named Mars Pathfinder.
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Configuration in which one celestial body is opposite another in the sky. A planet is in opposition when it is 180 degrees away from the sun as viewed from another planet (such as Earth). For example, Saturn is at opposition when it is directly overhead at midnight on Earth.
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A large number of comets theorized to orbit the sun in the neighborhood of 50,000 AU.
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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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The direction from a spacecraft directly down toward the center of a planet. Opposite the zenith.
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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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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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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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