nautički sumrak

The time when the Sun is 12-18 degrees below the horizon. When the Sun moves from 19 to 18 degrees below the horizon, astronomers can begin to detect an increase in the brightness ...

astronomski sumrak

항공우주; 우주선

For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.

građanski sumrak

항공우주; 우주선

For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.

Ceres

천문학; 행성학

The largest of the known asteroids; a dwarf planet. Also called 1 Ceres because it was the first asteroid to be discovered (by Piazzi in 1801).

Jarkovski efekat

천문학; 행성학

An explanation for the shift in an asteroid's orbit around the Sun due to a thermal thrust caused by the body's uneven heating by sunlight. The illuminated side of an asteroid ...

Viking

천문학; 행성학

U. S. Mission to Mars, composed of two spacecraft, launched in 1975. Viking 1 and Viking 2 both consisted of an orbiter and a lander. Primary mission objectives were to obtain ...

sublimacija

천문학; 행성학

Phase transformation from solid to gas.

Misija Stardust

천문학; 행성학

The fourth in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals, Stardust was comprised of a spacecraft and capsule that completed a seven-year, ...

Solarna i heliosfericna observatorija

천문학; 행성학

A project of international collaboration between ESA and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind. SOHO was launched in December, 1995. SOHO ...

뉴스 속의 용어

svemirski šatl

A reusable spacecraft with wings developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for human spaceflight missions. The first ...