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Aerospace

Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.

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sidereal time

Aerospace; Space flight

Time relative to the stars other than the sun.

si derived unit

Aerospace; Space flight

One of many SI units of measure expressed as relationships of the SI base units. For example, the watt, W, is the SI derived unit of power. It is equal to joules per second. W = ...

si base unit

Aerospace; Space flight

One of seven SI units of measure from which all the other SI units are derived. See SI derived unit.

shepherd moons

Aerospace; Space flight

Moons which gravitationally confine ring particles.

set

Aerospace; Space flight

As in going below the horizon, for the technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications.

second

Aerospace; Space flight

The SI base unit of time. See this extensive definition.

semi-major axis

Aerospace; Space flight

Half the distance of an ellipse's maximum diameter, the distance from the center of the ellipse to one end.