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interplanetary matter
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
interplanetary matter Material found between the planets of our Solar System. It includes the electrically charged particles of the solar wind, solid particles of interplanetary dust, material from comets, and other gas and dust from interstellar space.
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grains, interplanetary
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
grains, interplanetary Small particles of solid matter between the planets of the Solar...experienced as meteor streams if they cross the Earth's path. Interplanetary dust grains can also be detected when they scatter sunlight to...
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interplanetary
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
in·ter·plan·e·tar·y / ˌintərˈplaniˌterē / • adj. situated or traveling between planets: interplanetary missions.
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interplanetary scintillation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
interplanetary scintillation The fluctuation in brightness (‘twinkling’) of a radio source due to the scattering of radio waves by irregularities in the ionized gases of the solar wind .
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dust
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...found in space: in the Solar System (interplanetary dust and cometary dust), around...also present in the Solar System as interplanetary dust and cometary dust. Some dust...up of comets. See also Grains, Interplanetary ; Grains, Interstellar .
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Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...Earth's distance. In addition, each craft carries an interplanetary radio burst tracker (SWAVES) to trace radio disturbances...experiments to study energetic particles from the Sun and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMPACT and PLASTIC). http://stereo...
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Forbush effect
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...Earth; also known as Forbush decrease . It occurs when an interplanetary disturbance, consisting of material ejected from the Sun...As a result, there are increases in the strength of the interplanetary magnetic field and the density of the solar wind, which...
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coronal mass ejection
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...disturbance in the solar wind preceded by a shock wave. Interplanetary space probes encountering such disturbances have recorded...densities, and a rapidly varying magnetic field. When these interplanetary disturbances reach the Earth, they give rise to geomagnetic...
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Property
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...number of entities can fill in the third, property, variable. Houses, steel factories, palaces, oil deposits, and interplanetary-exploration vehicles can all be property, as can taxi medallions, dividends, parts of the broadcast spectrum, works...
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ultraviolet astronomy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...x2009;nm, also in the 1970s. Ultraviolet observations were carried out from the Skylab space station and the Voyager interplanetary probes, the latter covering the range 50–170 nm. Ultraviolet astronomy entered a new era in 1978...
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