radar astronomy

  • 51Радиолокационная астрономия — один из разделов астрономии, исследования небесных тел с помощью радиолокации. Позволяет определять скорости и расстояние до них, размеры, элементы вращения, свойства поверхности. В отличие от пассивных астрономических наблюдений, когда… …

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  • 52Jupiter — /jooh pi teuhr/, n. 1. Also called Jove. the supreme deity of the ancient Romans: the god of the heavens and of weather. Cf. Zeus. 2. Astron. the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 mi. (142,796 km), a mean …

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  • 53maser — /may zeuhr/, n. a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation. Cf. laser. [1950 55; m(icrowave) a(mplification by) s(timulated) e(mission of) r(adiation)] * * * Device that produces and amplifies… …

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  • 54radio — /ray dee oh /, n., pl. radios, adj., v., radioed, radioing. n. 1. wireless telegraphy or telephony: speeches broadcast by radio. 2. an apparatus for receiving or transmitting radio broadcasts. 3. a message transmitted by radio. adj. 4. pertaining …

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  • 55radio telescope — Astron. a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus. [1925 30] * * * Combination of radio receiver and antenna, used for… …

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  • 56Milky Way Galaxy — Large spiral galaxy (roughly 150,000 light years in diameter) that contains Earth s solar system. It includes the multitude of stars whose light is seen as the Milky Way, the irregular luminous band that encircles the sky defining the plane of… …

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  • 57List of wave topics — This is a list of wave topics.0 ndash;9*21 cm lineA*Abbe prism *absorption spectrum *acoustics *Airy disc *Airy wave theory *Alfvén wave *Alpha waves *amphidromic point *amplitude *amplitude modulation *analog sound vs. digital sound *animal… …

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  • 58Tropical year — A tropical year (also known as a solar year), for general purposes, is the length of time that the Sun takes to return to the same position in the cycle of seasons, as seen from Earth; for example, the time from vernal equinox to vernal equinox,… …

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  • 59Drake equation — or Green Bank equation Equation claimed to yield the number of technically advanced civilizations capable of interstellar communication in the Milky Way Galaxy as a function of several factors conducive to evolution of intelligent life with… …

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  • 60Hewish, Antony — born May 11, 1924, Fowey, Cornwall, Eng. British astrophysicist. In 1967 Hewish determined that the regularly patterned radio signals (pulses) that Jocelyn Bell Burnell had detected were not caused by earthly interference or, as some speculated,… …

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