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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.

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