DICTIONARY OF GEOPHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, and ASTRONOMY
Book 1 of Cosmology
Language: English
-ray 37.15.00=Geomagnetism and high atmospheric layers 41.17.00=Astrophysics 41.27.00=Stellar systems 41.29.00=Cosmology Cosmology acoustic tomography alba patera angle astronomical almanac atmosphere auroral electrojet auroral oval bandwidth beta lyrae big bang big crunch black black hole body boundary brown dwarf case central engine central pit change chemical makeup cloud constant coordinate core cosmic cosmic censorship cosmogenic nuclides crc press crc press llc current day density dictionary direction dirty snowball discovered distance earth earthquake earths magnetic earths sphericity electrical engineers electrically charged electron emission energy equation equatorial electrojet erenkov exp force form frequency function galaxy gas geologic activity geometric albedo gravitational gravitational lensing great attractor happened heat hecates tholus helmet streamer hendrik lorentz high hole hydraulic head iers standards interface-controlled creep interplanetary counterpart large-scale matter-distribution law layer light lightly cratered lightning stroke lyapunov exponent lyman magnetic mass material matter mexican hat milliarc secyear model moon motion nabarroherring creep national aeronautics nautical twilight noctis labyrinthus number object observed ocean olympus mons orbit outer communication parameter particle period phase planet plasma point polar cap polar crown polar histogram polar hood poloidaltoroidal decomposition potential poynting robertson press press llc pressure principal process radiation radio radius range rate ray region result rock roman god roman numeral rotation scale seismic activity semi-major shock solar source space spectrum speed star stellar activity string structure sun surface tectonic activity temperature tensor term theory thermal expansivity thermal processing thermally insulated tidal locking time type unit universe ursa majoris uvial activity valles marineris vector velocity vice versa vronctty water wave white dwarf white hole wind yangmills year
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"Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy", "Comprehensive Dictionary of Physics", Dipak Basu (Editor-in-Chief). Published Volumes: - Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics, Dipak Basu - Dictionary of Material Science and High Energy Physics, Dipak Basu - Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, Richard A. Matzner (A Volume in the Comprehensive Dictionary of Physics) Edited by Richard A. Matzner. CRC Press, Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Dictionary of geophysics, astrophysics, and astronomy / edited by Richard A. Matzner. p. cm. - (Comprehensive dictionary of physics) ISBN 0-8493-2891-8 (alk. paper) 1. Astronomy-Dictionaries. 2. Geophysics-Dictionaries. I. Matzner, Richard A., 1942 II. Series: QB14 .D53 2001 520?.3-dc21 This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted material is quoted with permission, and sources are indicated. 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