Letter L - Universe dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Lagrangian point A Lagrangian point is a position in space in a two-body ...	Lagrangian point L2 The Lagrangian point L2 (amongst the five points that exist) ...
Lander A lander is a probe that can land on a celestial body. It is ...	Landsat Landsat is the programme for the observation of the earth's ...
Large Magellanic cloud The Large Magellanic cloud is a dwarf galaxy about 170,000 ...	Large Synoptic Survey Telescope A Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is a telescope with an 8.4 ...
Launch campaign On a launch base, the launch campaign is the period from the ...	Launch centre A launch centre is an installation near the launch zone, ...
Launch vehicle A vehicle capable of sending a payload into space. The term ...	Launcher Integration Building The Launcher Integration Building is 58 metres tall and is ...
LCROSS Le LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite) ...	Lenticular galaxy A lenticular galaxy is a galaxy in the form of a lens. They ...
LEO orbit The LEO orbit (Low Earth Orbit) is a circular orbit between ...	Leonids The Leonids are a trail of rocky debris that follows the ...
Libration Libration describes the apparent oscillating movements of ...	Lidar Calipso's Lidar (Light Detection And Ranging) is a laser ...
Light-year The distance travelled by light in one year. It is equal to ...	LISA Lisa, or Laser interferometer space antenna, is a joint ...
Local group Galaxies usually group together in dense (clusters) or less ...	Longitude One of the astronomical coordinates. The dihedral angle ...