Word: orbiter
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Newton's laws dictate that the farther a planet is from the sun, the slower will be its speed in orbit. The planet Jupiter (fifth from the sun), for example, moves much more slowly than the earth (third from the sun). The same rules should apply to the billions of stars revolving around the central cores of distant galaxies, or to one galaxy revolving around another. In measuring the rotational velocity of the stars or galaxies, however, astronomers have discovered a perplexing fact: when the total observable mass of the galaxies is taken into account, the stars...
...tempo took its effect, and the New Haven hometowners narrowed the gap to 12 points, 46-34, with 16:38 remaining on the clock. But again, Harvard exploded into orbit, rocketing off ten in a row, led by Bill Carey's two crucial baskets, and padded the lead comfortably for the summation...
Last week the Russians disclosed that the first two craft had reached their destination. One of the ships, Mars 5, went into orbit around Mars, they reported, but the other, Mars 4, soared past it into deep space. Reason: Its braking rocket failed to fire...
After 84 days in earth orbit, the three men were constantly reminded that readjusting to terrestrial life was not without perils and problems. Once familiar sights and sounds now seemed exceedingly strange. Though their initial dizziness soon passed, every physical effort was a chore. Pogue, who said he felt as if he weighed a thousand tons, found that it even was work to roll over in bed. When Carr rested his head in his wife's lap, he kept asking: "Is this too heavy for you?" Nonetheless, the astronauts were delighted to be home. During the ride from...
...excite a blase public. When the last of three Skylab crews finally splashed down off Lower Cali fornia last week, their successful home coming was not even given live cover age by the TV networks, though the astronauts had set a remarkable endurance record of 84 days in orbit...