Celestial ballistics

Celestial ballistics

Celestial mechanics applied to the motion of artificial satellites.

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Industry/Domain: Earth science
Category: Mapping science
Company: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
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celestial ballistics

Earth science; Mapping science

Celestial mechanics applied to the motion of artificial satellites.

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The region above and beyond the Earth, as it is seen looking up from the ground. Sky looks blue during the day and dark at night.

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The most southern point of the Earth. The South Pole is the southern end of the axis on which the Earth rotates.

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The line of longitude that passes through the town of Greenwich, England, and that measures 0 degree. It is the line from which other longitude lines are measured.

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