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There are as many answers to your question as there are sattelites and asteroids. An astronomical unit (AU) is the mean distance from the Sun to the earth. Our moon is a satellite and so its distance from the Sun in AU's is about one becaus...
NASA's Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) satellites, the first of which was launched in 1966, returned UV data about stars and interstellar gas and dust and the first observations of the powerful UV radiation emitted by certain galaxi...
Okay, comments recieved and I shall explain to you the difference and explain my answer. Basically, there are many types of observations that we can possibly take to look at the position of a satelite, which we call astronomical observati...
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Probably a satellite used for astronomy observations.
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The x-ray wavelengths that occur naturally in the cosmos are generally longer and less penetrating than the x-rays we generate artificially for diagnostic and inspection purposes. Because they are of a longer wavelength, they don't penetrat...
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Because Earth's atmosphere and magnetosphere keeps x-rays and other high energy light rays from getting to the surface.
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These moons orbit close to planetary rings, and with their gravity, prevent the rings from dispersing, like shepherds.
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If you are wondering this, good question! Right now, amateur astronomers are discovering and tracking asteroids, comets, discovering supernovae (both inter-galactic and extra-galactic), and discovering possible new planets in our own sola...
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1. a satellite equipped with a telescope to observe infrared radiation
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A satellite orbits another body. The moon is a natural satellite of the earth. For awhile, LCROSS was a satellite of the moon (until we smashed it into the lunar surface).
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