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SUNWARD SIDE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2010-03-02
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Planets
- Launching and Space Maneuvering
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- sunward direction
1, record 1, English, sunward%20direction
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- sunward side 2, record 1, English, sunward%20side
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A sun tracker provides for a spacecraft attitude determination relative to the sunward direction 1, record 1, English, - sunward%20direction
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
While the solar wind compresses the Earth's dipole on the sunward side, it also causes the Earth's magnetic field to be stretched out several hundred RE [1 RE is 6,372 kilometers, or one Earth radius] in the anti-sunward direction, thereby forming the geomagnetic tail. 2, record 1, English, - sunward%20direction
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
As opposed to "anti-sunward direction" (q.v.). 3, record 1, English, - sunward%20direction
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Planètes
- Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- direction du soleil
1, record 1, French, direction%20du%20soleil
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- sens du soleil 2, record 1, French, sens%20du%20soleil
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
(comète) Le type III : il s'agit de queues anormales ou des anti-queues qui apparaissent parfois dans la direction du Soleil. 1, record 1, French, - direction%20du%20soleil
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
rétrograde : Se dit du mouvement apparent des planètes, lorsqu'il a lieu vers l'ouest, en sens inverse du Soleil. 2, record 1, French, - direction%20du%20soleil
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Par opposition à «direction anti-solaire», «en sens inverse du soleil», «dans la direction opposée au soleil». 3, record 1, French, - direction%20du%20soleil
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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