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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.
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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Device for changing one kind of energy into another, typically from heat, position, or pressure into a varying electrical voltage or vice-versa, such as a microphone or speaker.
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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.
Industry:Aerospace
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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Flow of lightweight ions and electrons (which together comprise plasma) thrown from the sun.
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The smaller of two small galaxies orbiting nearby our Milky Way galaxy, which are visible from the southern hemisphere.
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