Science Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy
Science Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy
Editor/Author
Angelo, Joseph A.
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Facts On File
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-4381-6321-5
Category: Science - Astronomy
Image Count:
175
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy, Revised Edition, offers a complete, up-to-date presentation of the main concepts, terms, facilities, and people in astronomy. The encyclopedia pays special attention to space-based astronomy and space exploration. Broad coverage includes terms such as astrophysics, planetary engineering, and cosmology, as well as both American and international astronomy and space technology.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- A
- Abell cluster
- aberration of starlight
- ablative material
- abundance of elements in the Universe
- active galaxies (AGs)
- Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)
- Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (ADEOS)
- aerocapture
- aerospace telecommunications
- age of Earth
- age of the Universe
- airborne astronomy
- air-breathing missile
- alien life-form (ALF)
- Alouette spacecraft
- alpha (α) star
- Alvarez, Luis Walter
- Amalthea
- Ananke
- ancient astronomical instruments
- Anik spacecraft
- Antarctic meteorites
- anthropic principle
- antiballistic missile system (ABM)
- antimatter cosmology
- antisatellite spacecraft (ASAT)
- aperture synthesis
- Apollo Project
- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)
- Applications Technology Satellite (ATS)
- Aqua spacecraft
- archaeological astronomy
- Arecibo Observatory
- Ariel (spacecraft)
- artificial intelligence and space technology
- Aryabhata
- AsiaSat 3
- asteroid
- asteroid defense system
- asteroid mining
- astroengineering
- astrolabe
- Astronomische Nederlandse Satellite (ANS)
- astrophysics
- Athena (launch vehicle)
- Atlas
- atmospheric heave
- Aura spacecraft
- B
- Baikonur Cosmodrome
- ballistic missile
- ballistic missile defense (BMD)
- ballistic missiles
- Belinda
- beta (β) star
- Bianca
- big bang theory
- bioclean room
- biogenic elements
- black holes
- blackbody
- Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory
- C
- calendar
- Caliban
- Calypso
- Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
- Cape Canaveral
- Carme
- Cassini mission
- cataclysmic variable (CV)
- celestial coordinates
- Cernan, Eugene A.
- Challenger accident
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO)
- chemical evolution of the Universe
- circumsolar space
- circumstellar
- Clarke, Sir Arthur C.
- close encounter (CE)
- closed universe
- coherent light
- comet
- communications satellites
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)
- consequences of interstellar contact
- constellation
- Constellation X-Ray Observatory
- Copernican system
- Cordelia
- Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
- cosmic consequences of space exploration
- Cosmic Ray Satellite-B (COS-B)
- cosmological constant
- cosmology
- COSPAS-SARSAT program
- countdown
- Cressida
- cyborg
- D
- Dactyl
- dark energy
- dark matter
- Dawn mission
- Deep Impact mission
- Deep Space 1 (DS1)
- Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)
- Deep Space Network (DSN)
- Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
- Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS)
- Defense Support Program (DSP)
- defensive satellite weapon (DSAT)
- degenerate matter
- Delta
- delta star
- Despina
- Destiny
- Dirac cosmology
- Discoverer
- Drake equation
- Dyson sphere
- E
- Earth
- Earth Observing-1 (EO-1)
- Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS)
- Earthlike planet
- Earth's trapped radiation belts
- ecosphere (space and astronomy)
- Einstein Observatory
- Elara
- electric propulsion
- electromagnetic communications
- electromagnetic (EM) spectrum
- electromagnetic gun
- electromagnetic launcher
- entropy
- epsilon (ε) star
- eta (η) star
- Eutelsat
- evolved expendable launch vehicle (EELV)
- exobiology
- exotheology
- Explorer 1
- extragalactic
- extrasolar planets
- extraterrestrial catastrophe theory
- extraterrestrial civilizations
- extraterrestrial contamination
- extraterrestrial life
- extraterrestrial resources
- F
- Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST)
- “faster-than-light” travel
- Fermi paradox
- flat universe
- flyby
- fundamental forces in nature
- G
- g
- Gaia mission
- galactic disk
- galactic halo
- Galatea
- galaxies
- Galileo Project
- gamma (γ) star
- gamma-ray astronomy
- Genesis Solar Wind Sample Return mission
- geocentric cosmology
- Giotto spacecraft
- global change
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
- Gorizont spacecraft
- gravitation
- gravitational lensing
- gravity
- gravity anomaly
- Gravity Probe B
- Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
- “greening the galaxy”
- guest star
- H
- Harvard classification system
- Harvard College Observatory (HCO)
- Hayabusa (spacecraft)
- hazards of space travel
- Helene
- heliocentric
- heliocentric cosmology
- Hellas
- High-Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)
- Hipparcos spacecraft
- horizon mission methodology (HMM)
- hot Jupiter
- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
- Hubble's law
- Huygens probe
- hyperspace
- I
- ice catastrophe
- “infective theory of life”
- inferior planets
- infrared astronomy
- infrared imagery
- infrared radiometer
- infrared sensor
- inner planets
- intergalactic
- International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- interstellar communication
- interstellar medium (ISM)
- J
- Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Jovian planet
- Juliet
- Jupiter
- Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO)
- K
- Kardashev civilizations
- Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
- Kerr black hole
- Kirkwood gaps
- Kourou launch complex
- L
- laboratory hypothesis
- Larissa
- Latin space designations
- Leda
- light flash
- light-minute (lm)
- light-second (ls)
- little green men (LGM)
- logistics module
- lunar
- lunar crater
- Lysithea
- M
- Mars
- Mars balloon
- Mars base
- Mars Exploration Rover mission
- Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
- Mars Observer mission
- Mars Pathfinder
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
- Mars Sample Return mission (MSRM)
- Mars surface rover
- Martian meteorites
- materials processing in space (MPS)
- Mercury
- Mercury Project
- Messenger spacecraft
- Messier Catalog
- meteoroids
- Metis
- micro-
- microgravity
- Moon
- Morgan-Keenan (MK) classification
- N
- Naiad
- naked eye astronomy
- NASA's Great Observatories Program
- NASA's Origins Program
- National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
- National Solar Observatory (NSO)
- National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
- Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission
- Neptune
- Nereid
- neutrino astronomy
- New Horizons Pluto–Kuiper Belt Flyby mission
- Newton, Sir Isaac
- North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
- nuclear fusion and space exploration
- O
- Oberon
- oblateness
- obliquity of the ecliptic
- observable universe
- occult (astronomy)
- ocean remote sensing
- open universe
- Ophelia
- optical double
- optical interferometer
- orbital mechanics
- orbital transfer vehicle (OTV)
- Orbiter (space shuttle)
- orbits of objects in space
- outer planets
- P
- Paaliaq
- Pan
- Pandora
- panspermia
- Pasiphaë
- Pasithee
- Pauli exclusion principle
- Pegasus (launch vehicle)
- Phobos
- pico-
- Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft
- Pioneer plaque
- Pioneer Venus mission
- pixel
- Planck spacecraft
- planet fall
- Planet Nine
- planetary engineering
- Pluto
- Portia
- pressurized habitable environment
- primary body
- primitive atmosphere
- principle of mediocrity
- Progress spacecraft
- Project Cyclops
- Project Daedalus
- Project Orion
- Project Ozma
- propellant
- Prospero
- protosun
- Puck
- pulsating variable star
- Q
- quantum cosmology
- quasars
- Quickbird
- QuikSCAT
- R
- radar astronomy
- radar imaging
- radio astronomy
- radio frequency (RF)
- radio galaxy
- radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)
- reconnaissance satellite
- regenerative life support system (RLSS)
- remote sensing
- resilience
- ringed world
- robotics in space
- Roche limit
- rocket
- rocket ramjet
- rocketry
- rogue star
- Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad
- RORSAT
- Rosalind
- Russian Space Agency
- S
- Salyut
- Satellite Power System (SPS)
- satellite-based communications
- saturated vapor
- Saturn
- Saturn
- science fiction
- Scorpius X-1
- search and rescue satellite
- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
- Seasat
- Sedna
- self-replicating system (SRS)
- Setebos
- Shenzhou 5
- Shenzhou 6
- shimanagashi syndrome
- short-range attack missile (SRAM)
- single-stage-to-orbit vehicle (SSTO)
- Sinope
- Skylab (SL)
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)
- sol (astronomy)
- solar sail
- solipsism syndrome
- South Atlantic anomaly (SAA)
- Soyuz spacecraft
- space base
- space commerce
- space construction
- space debris
- space food
- space law
- space nuclear power (SNP)
- space platform
- space radiation environment
- space resources
- space station
- space technology and national security
- Space Transportation System (STS)
- space weather
- space-age archaeology
- spacecraft
- spacecraft charging
- spacecraft navigation
- Spitzer, Lyman, Jr.
- stagnation point
- standard candle (astronomical)
- star
- star probe
- starship
- Stephano
- Stonehenge
- Subaru Telescope
- subsatellite point
- Sun
- sundial
- sunspot cycle
- supernova
- Swift spacecraft
- Sycorax
- system integration process
- T
- taikonaut
- teleportation
- Telesto
- tera-
- terran
- terrestrial planets
- Thalassa
- theorem of detailed cosmic reversibility
- theory of relativity
- thermal control
- thermodynamics
- Thousand Astronomical Unit (TAU) mission
- tidal force
- Titan
- Titan
- Titania
- Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)
- transit (planetary)
- Trans-Neptunian object (TNO)
- Tychonic system
- U
- Ulysses mission
- Umbriel
- unidentified flying objects (UFOs)
- United States Geological Survey's (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program
- Unity (astronomy)
- Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)
- Uranus
- V
- Vatican Observatory
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- Very Large Array (VLA)
- Very Large Telescope (VLT)
- Viking Project
- Voyager record
- Voyager spacecraft
- Vulcan
- W
- Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)
- Walt Disney and space travel
- water hole
- weather satellites
- weather satellites and global weather forecasting
- Webb, James E.
- Wells, Herbert George
- white dwarf
- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
- X
- X-37B
- XMM-Newton (spacecraft)
- X-ray astronomy
- Y
- Yarkovsky effect
- Yerkes Observatory
- ylem
- Yohkoh (spacecraft)
- young Population I stars
- Z
- Zarya
- Zenit (launch vehicle)
- zero-gravity aircraft
- zeta star
- zodiac
- Zond
- zoo hypothesis
- Zucchi, Niccolo
- Zvezda