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  • Mass, in classical mechanics, is the measure of an object's resistance ... three subtly differentiated types of mass, which are important precisely ...
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  • In visible light, the Crab Nebula consists of a broadly oval-shaped ... Estimates of the total mass of the nebula are important for estimating ...
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  • beyond the Solar System. The study of chemicals within the Solar System ... 'generations' advance, the mass of the newly formed elements ...
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  • Brown dwarfs are celestial objects ranging in mass between that of ... If, however, the mass of the protostar is less than about 0.08 solar ...
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  • of their orbits. While planets in the Solar System form a stable state ... found that the orbits of the planets in our solar system are elliptical, not ...
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  • raw materials from other bodies within the Solar System at a lower cost than ... materials will need to be moved about the solar system. There are several ...
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  • of a payback scheme: Construction of solar power satellites from lunar ... was a series of functional prototypes of a mass driver, the essential technology ...
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  • quot; as a celestial body that, within the solar system,[http://www.iau.org/news/pr ... :(b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body ...
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  • The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation that could damage ... of its constituent gases, as a result of solar heat. As the Sun heats the ...
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  • bigodot}\end{smallmatrix} is a solar mass, \begin{smallmatrix}L_{ ... while stars with less than a tenth of a solar mass may last for over a trillion ...
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  • called the heliosphere, is larger than the solar system itself and is characterized ... magnetosphere at times permit some of the solar wind particles to flow into ...
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  • In particular, CPT symmetry predicts the mass and lifetime of the antiproton ... Nucléaire) succeeded in determining the mass of the antiproton, which they ...
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  • largest by diameter and fourth largest by mass. Uranus is similar in composition ... discovery expanded the boundaries of the Solar System for the first time ...
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  • radio waves. Lodge tried to observe solar signals but was unable to ... of galaxies suggest that there is much more mass in galaxies than has been ...
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  • applications in photovoltaic cells for solar power. When zinc is added ... compound is a useful material for solar cells (photovoltaics). It ...
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  • The Earth reflects about 30 percent of the incoming solar radiation; ... does not rapidly heat or cool, the absorbed solar radiation must be very closely ...
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  • An asteroid is a solid object, smaller than a planet, which in our ... ==Asteroids in the solar system== [[Image:4 Vesta 1 Ceres Moon at 20 ...
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  • * They have a large mass compared to standard particles. (WIMPs with ... observations. Because of their large mass, they would be relatively ...
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  • are among the most massive objects in the Solar System outside the Sun and ... the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System. It was named after ...
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  • ==The solar wind and magnetosphere== [[Image:Magnetosphere schematic ... to understand the interactions between the solar wind, the Earth's magnetic ...
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