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Tenma

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 383 words | Copyright

Tenma A Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite, known as Astro-B before its launch in 1983February; Tenma is Japanese for ‘Pegasus’. It studied the variability and spectra of relatively bright X-ray sources with a gas scintillation proportional counter of large area (800 cm2). It ceased operation in 1985 November. http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tenma/tenma.html

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