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  • 1Faint Object Camera — The Faint Object Camera (FOC) was a camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope from launch in 1990 until 2002. It was replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys.The camera was built by Dornier GmbH and was funded by the European Space Agency …

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  • 2glimmer — I. v. n. Shine (faintly), gleam, glitter. II. n.; (also glimmering) 1. Gleam (of faint, unsteady light), ray, beam. 2. Glimpse, glance, transitory view, faint view …

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  • 3Glimmering — Glim mer*ing, n. 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. South. [1913 Webster] 2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Super Monkey Ball Adventure — Infobox VG title = caption = developer = Traveller s Tales publisher = Sega designer = engine = released = PlayStation 2 vgrelease|PAL=June 30, 2006|NA=August 1, 2006PlayStation Portable vgrelease|PAL=June 30, 2006|NA=August 29, 2006GameCube… …

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  • 5Rings of Saturn — The full set of main rings, imaged as Saturn eclipsed the Sun from the vantage of the Cassini spacecraft on 15 September 2006 (brightness is exaggerated). The pale blue dot at the 10 o clock position, outside the main rings and just inside the G… …

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  • 6Rings of Uranus — The scheme of Uranus s ring moon system. Solid lines denote rings; dashed lines denote orbits of moons. The planet Uranus has a system of rings intermediate in complexity between the more extensive set around Saturn and the simpler systems around …

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  • 7cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …

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  • 8Rings of Jupiter — A schema of Jupiter s ring system showing the four main components The planet Jupiter has a system of rings, known as the rings of Jupiter or the Jovian ring system. It was the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those… …

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  • 9galaxy — /gal euhk see/, n., pl. galaxies. 1. Astron. a. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. b. (usually cap.) See Milky Way. 2. any large and brilliant or impressive… …

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  • 10Milky Way Galaxy — Large spiral galaxy (roughly 150,000 light years in diameter) that contains Earth s solar system. It includes the multitude of stars whose light is seen as the Milky Way, the irregular luminous band that encircles the sky defining the plane of… …

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