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Magellan
Magellan an American space probe, launched in 1989 to map the surface of Venus, using radar to penetrate the dense cloud cover, and was deliberately burned up in Venus's atmosphere in 1994.
The probe was named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c.1480–1521), whose expedition of 1519–22 was the first to circumnavigate the globe, although Magellan himself was killed in a skirmish before completing the journey. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Magellan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Magellan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Magellan.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Magellan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Magellan.html |
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Magellan." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Magellan." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Magellan.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Magellan." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Magellan.html |
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Magellan
Magellan •Alan, gallon, talon
•raglan
•biathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, tetrathlon, triathlon
•Guatemalan, Marlon
•Ellen, felon, Magellan, Mellon, melon
•Veblen • Declan • watermelon
•Venezuelan • Elan
•Anguillan, Dillon, Dylan, kiln, Macmillan, Milne, villain
•limekiln • abutilon
•pylon, upsilon
•Hohenzollern, pollan, pollen, Stollen
•Lachlan
•befallen, fallen
•chapfallen • crestfallen
•Angolan, colon, Nolan, semicolon, stolen, swollen
•kulan
•woollen (US woolen)
•sullen • myrobalan • gonfalon
•castellan
•ortolan, portolan
•Köln, merlon
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"Magellan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Magellan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Magellan.html "Magellan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Magellan.html |
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