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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 second which may be added or subtracted to adjust UTC at either, both, or neither, of two specific opportunities each year.
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Circles in parallel planes to that of the equator defining north-south measurements, also called parallels.
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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Compare with Maser.
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LMC, the larger of two small galaxies orbiting nearby our Milky Way galaxy, which are visible from the southern hemisphere.
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A disk-shaped region about 30 to 100 AU from the sun considered to be the source of the short-period comets.
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Five points with respect to an orbit which a body can stably occupy. Designated L1 through L5. See Chapter 5.
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The SI base unit of mass, based on the mass of a metal cylinder kept in France. See also g (gram).
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