... when it is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth (thus making in invisible ... T U V W . TERRESTRIAL PLANETS: The smaller planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth. ...
... We are the home of the Mid-Western High which takes our name because no other place on Earth but the American Midwest can a high pressure system be accompanied by rain. ...
... N . NADIR : The point directly below in the direction of the center of the earth. ... lie closer to the sun than Earth's. OPTICAL TUBE: This is the telescope proper ... The angle made by the orbital plane of a planet with the orbital plane of Earth ...
... inclination = 0) and whose period is equal to the rotational rate of the earth ... GEOSYNCHRONOUS: An orbit whose period is equal to the rotational rate of the earth. ... CONJUNCTION: The position of a planet when it is between the Sun and the Earth ...
... around another large body (e.g., Earth), there are five points in orbits around the ... MAXIMUM ELONGATION: The greatest separation of a planet from the Sun in Earth's sky. ...
... NEAT Project - Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking - project to autonomously search for near-Earth and Earth crossing asteroids using a computer controlled telescope, a CCD camera and some NEAT software. ...