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Space flight
Of or relating to the act of voyaging outside the Earth's atmosphere and into outer space, and the science involved in achieving it.
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Large magellanic cloud
Aerospace; Space flight
LMC, the larger of two small galaxies orbiting nearby our Milky Way galaxy, which are visible from the southern hemisphere.
Kuiper belt
Aerospace; Space flight
A disk-shaped region about 30 to 100 AU from the sun considered to be the source of the short-period comets.
Lagrange points
Aerospace; Space flight
Five points with respect to an orbit which a body can stably occupy. Designated L1 through L5. See Chapter 5.
Local time
Aerospace; Space flight
Time adjusted for location around the Earth or other planets in time zones.
Large magellanic cloud (LMC)
Aerospace; Space flight
The larger of two small galaxies orbiting nearby our Milky Way galaxy, which are visible from the southern hemisphere.
Light year
Aerospace; Space flight
A measure of distance, the distance light travels in one year, about 63,197 AU.
K-band
Aerospace; Space flight
A range of microwave radio frequencies in the neighbourhood of 12 to 40 ghz.
