remotely piloted vehicle
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remotely piloted vehicle RPV a vehicle that has no human operator and is controlled at a distance by using a communication link. It is usually designed so that it can be recovered. See also
drone.
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Omnicom's Betelgeuse Launches Test Campaign for Diamond Aircraft and US Aero.
Business Wire; 9/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...Community NEW YORK & DENVER -- Betelgeuse, a dedicated business-to-business...exceptional aviation experience. The Betelgeuse campaign incorporates the company...said Michael Carney, Partner of Betelgeuse. "Our campaign will target 2,500...
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Astronomers obtain sharpest ever views of supergiant star Betelgeuse.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 7/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...sharpest ever views of the supergiant star Betelgeuse. They show that the star has a vast...material at such a tremendous rate. Betelgeuse, which is the second brightest star...an age of only a few million years, Betelgeuse is already nearing the end of its life...
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Red giant star Betelgeuse mysteriously shrinks over past 15 years.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 6/10/2009; 657 words
; ...determined that the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, the bright reddish star in the constellation...Wilson in Southern California shows that Betelgeuse, which is so big that in our solar...more than 15 percent since 1993. Since Betelgeuse's radius is about five astronomical...
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Red giant star Betelgeuse found mysteriously shrinking
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/10/2009; 532 words
; Red giant star Betelgeuse found mysteriously shrinking WASHINGTON...Xinhua) -- The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, the bright reddish star in the constellation...were able to determine the change in Betelgeuse, the first star ever to have its...
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The armpit of winter's most famous constellation! (StarGazing with Jack Horkheimer).(Betelgeuse)
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 1/1/2003; ; 625 words
; ...S MOST FAMOUS STAR IS GOOD OLD BETELGEUSE--WHOSE NAME IS AN ARABIC WORD THAT MEANS "ARMPIT OF THE GIANT." BETELGEUSE IS CORRECTLY PRONOUNCED BEHT...BEETLE YOU'D GET RED JUICE, SO BETELGEUSE IS A RED STAR. YUCK! YOU SHOULD...
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Spotlight on Betelgeuse. (Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera images red supergiant Betelgeuse)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 1/27/1996; ; 659 words
; ...Camera to zero in on the red supergiant Betelgeuse, a swollen star whose brightness and...highlights the extended atmosphere of Betelgeuse and reveals a single large hot spot...two explanations for the hot spot on Betelgeuse. As in a bubbling cauldron, pulsations...
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Betelgeuse settles under one roof.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Post; 7/18/2001; 484 words
; ...facilities and leaves room for future expansion, Betelgeuse Productions (www.betelgeuse.com) has moved its post production facilities...rooms and Alias/Wavefront's Maya for 3D. Betelgeuse's nonlinear editors are now located on the...
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BRIGHT ORION SPARKLES AT NIGHT, FROM BETELGEUSE TO FAMOUS BELT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/8/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...brightest stars are fiery orange-red Betelgeuse (go ahead and call it Beetlejuice) at...Aldebaran, shining the same orangy color as Betelgeuse, but a little dimmer. Aldebaran and Betelgeuse are merely orange-hot, compared to the...
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Film editor signs 10-year lease. (Betelgeuse Productions leases office space at 475 Park Avenue South, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 9/29/1993; 661 words
; In an expansion of operations, Betelgeuse Productions, one of the top five New...expansion necessitated the disposal of Betelgeuse's existing lease, at 460 Park Avenue...as well as administrative support. Betelgeuse maintains its technical facility within...
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Betelgeuse shrinks.(MEETING NOTES: American Astronomical Society June 7-11, Pasadena, Calif.)(red star)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/4/2009; ; 502 words
; Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars visible to the naked eye, has shrunk in...between the sun and Venus, researchers reported June 9. It's unclear why Betelgeuse has shrunk and whether it will later rebound, said Nobel laureate Charles...
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Betelgeuse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Betelgeuse , bright star in the constellation Orion...sun, it is of spectral class M2 Iab. Betelgeuse is a semiregular variable star with...the 10 brightest stars in the sky. Betelgeuse marks the right shoulder of Orion...
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Michelson, Albert A. 1852-1931
Book article from: American Decades
...light and his calculation of the size of Betelgeuse, the first star other than the sun...the diameter of a star. He selected Betelgeuse, the largest star in the constellation...the light from the opposite edges of Betelgeuse shining through the slits in the interferometer...
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red giant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...are classed as supergiants. Blue supergiants, e.g., Rigel , are young stars on the main sequence of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram , whereas red supergiants, e.g., Betelgeuse and Antares , are old, highly evolved stars.
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M star
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...of 1.2–1.3 solar masses and luminosities of 300 or more times the Sun's. M-type supergiants, such as Betelgeuse and Antares, are of 13–25 solar masses and luminosities 40 000–500 000 times...
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Orion
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...constellation on the celestial equator, representing a great hunter of Greek mythology. Orion is outlined by the prominent stars Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis), Rigel (Beta Orionis, the constellation's brightest star), Bellatrix (Gamma Orionis), and Saiph...
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