Page 18 - Universe dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Meteorite A rocky body of extra-terrestrial origin that has survived ...	Meteorite swarm A meteorite swarm is a ring of particles spread out along ...
Meteosat Meteosat is probably the most well known Earth observation ...	Metop Metop will be the next contribution to European ...
Microgravity Microgravity is gravity that is much weaker than the Earth's.	Milky Way The galaxy that the solar system belongs to. History of ...
Mimas Mimas (Saturn I) was discovered by Herschel in 1789. Mimas ...	Minerva The small Minerva robot is first and foremost an ingenious ...
Minor axis The minor axis of an ellipse is its shorter axis. It crosses ...	Minute of arc (symbol: ') A minute of arc is a unit of measurement for ...
Miranda A satellite of Uranus. Miranda (Uranus V) was discovered by ...	Missile A missile is a self-propelled and guided projectile carrying ...
Moon A moon A moon with a lower case " M" is a ...	Moonquake Moonquakes are tremors at the Moon's surface. Because the ...
MSG Meteosat Second Generation	Mublcom Launched in May 1999, the MUBLCOM (Multiple Paths, ...
MVIC MVIC is a visible light imager forming part of the Ralph ...	Myriade The development of MYRIADE was decided by the CNES in 1998 ...
Nadir See Zenith	NASA NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is the ...