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It is accompanied by two tiny satellites , only about half an inch across . Outwards from Mars is a great gulf , empty save for thousands of minor planets or “ asteroids ” , few of which on this scale are much larger than grains of sand ...
It is accompanied by two tiny satellites , only about half an inch across . Outwards from Mars is a great gulf , empty save for thousands of minor planets or “ asteroids ” , few of which on this scale are much larger than grains of sand ...
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Uranus has five satellites — Ariel , Umbriel , Titania , Oberon , and the recently discovered Miranda . ... the " Nautical Almanac ” , the arbiter in such matters , always refers to it long - windedly as “ the satellite of Neptune ” .
Uranus has five satellites — Ariel , Umbriel , Titania , Oberon , and the recently discovered Miranda . ... the " Nautical Almanac ” , the arbiter in such matters , always refers to it long - windedly as “ the satellite of Neptune ” .
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Other satellites — particularly those used for astronomical research , where instruments have to be kept rigidly fixed for long periods in an unvarying direction — would have no rotation . The crews might live when off duty in an ...
Other satellites — particularly those used for astronomical research , where instruments have to be kept rigidly fixed for long periods in an unvarying direction — would have no rotation . The crews might live when off duty in an ...
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