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Weightlessness Weightlessness is the state of a body in which all the ...	White dwarf The dying remains of a giant star that has blown away its ...
Wing fairing Wing fairing is the fairing connecting the fuselage to the ...	Wing tip A wing tip is the streamlined shape of the end of the wing ...
Winter solstice In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice is the ...	WMAP Satellite The WMAP satellite ( Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ) ...
Wolf number The Wolf number is an number used internationally to define ...	Wolf, Max Max Wolf was an astronomer who looked for stars with high ...
X-43 X-43 is a NASA programme for tomorrow's launchers. The X-43 ...	X-ray binary An X-ray binary system is a system formed from an ...
XMM-Newton satellite The XMM-Newton satellite was launched from Kourou by an ...	Yarkovsky effect The Yarkovsky effect, from the name of the Russian who ...
Yellow dwarf A yellow dwarf is any yellow star approximately the size of ...	Yohkoh Yohkoh is a solar exploration satellite launched from Japan ...
Zenith The direction opposed to the gravity field in a particular ...	Zenith distance of a direction The Zenith distance of a direction is the angle between the ...