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111Tests of general relativity — General relativity Introduction Mathematical formulation Resources Fundamental concepts …
112List of Robotech characters — This is a list of the major fictional characters in Robotech, the American adaptation of three Japanese animated series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada, as a single… …
113climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
114radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …
115Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 — D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker–Levy) Image of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 fragments (total: 21), taken on May 17, 1994 Discovery Discovered by: Carolyn Shoemaker Eugene M. Shoemaker David Levy Discovery date …
116Apollo spacecraft — The Apollo spacecraft was designed as part of the Apollo Program, by the United States in the early 1960s to land men on the moon before 1970 and return them safely to earth. This goal was set forth by President Kennedy after the first flight of… …
117Quasi-satellite — A quasi satellite is an object in a 1:1 orbital resonance with its planet that stays close to the planet over many orbital periods.A quasi satellite s orbit around the Sun takes exactly the same time as the planet s, but has a different… …
118Haumea (dwarf planet) — Infobox Planet bgcolour = #FFFFC0 name = Haumea caption = Artist s conception of Haumea, with its moons, Hiokinaiaka and Namaka discovery = yes discoverer= Brown et al. ; Ortiz et al. (neither official) discovered=2004 December 28 (Brown et al.… …
119Outer billiard — Outer Billiards is a dynamical system based on a convex shape in the plane. Classically, this system is defined for the Euclidean plane but one can also consider the system in the hyperbolic plane or in other spaces that suitably generalize the… …
120Kuiper belt — [kī′pər] n. 〚after G. P. Kuiper (1905 73), U.S. astronomer〛 a belt of icy debris orbiting in the outer solar system, thought to be the source of many comets * * * or Edgeworth Kuiper belt Disk shaped belt of billions of small, icy bodies orbiting …
