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Mars
Of, or relating to the study of, planet Mars.
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interference fringes
Astronomy; Mars
The alternate light and dark bands that are seen when two beams of homogenous light enter into interference with each other, i.e., when they overlap and illuminate an identical area.
fluorescence
Astronomy; Mars
The emission of electromagnetic radiation as the result of exposure to some other radiation, which emission ceases when the stimulus that produces it ceases to act on the emitting substance. Thus ...
black body
Astronomy; Mars
An ideal or imaginary body that is absolutely black when cold, but is a perfect absorber of radiation and at the same time a perfect radiator. Black body temperatures are used to work out the ...
carbon dioxide
Astronomy; Mars
A gas used by all green plants and recycled by them to form wood and the oxygen we breathe. In very large quantities it can be poisonous to animal life.
celestial equator
Astronomy; Mars
The great circle of the celestial sphere all points of which are 90 degrees from the poles. It is the plane of the earth's equator projected onto the celestial sphere.
hour circle
Astronomy; Mars
A great circle of the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and a celestial body or the vernal equinox. An hour circle moves with the body as the celestial sphere rotates, unlike the ...
gibbous phase
Astronomy; Mars
The phase when more than half (but not all) of the planet's side facing earth is illuminated by the sun.
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