Sentences with phrase «including orbits around the moon»

(Cislunar refers to the region between Earth and the moon, including orbits around the moon itself.

Not exact matches

Some of these forces are predictable, including the 18.61 years it takes for the moon's orbit around the Earth to oscillate.

Cassini took nearly a half - million images during its mission, which included more than 13 years in orbit around Saturn, a tour that repeatedly took the probe by the moons Titan and Enceladus, two places scientists are eager to send another spacecraft in the search for microbial life.

The consensus is that several factors are important: atmospheric composition (the concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane); changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun known as Milankovitch cycles (and possibly the Sun's orbit around the galaxy); the motion of tectonic plates resulting in changes in the relative location and amount of continental and oceanic crust on the Earth's surface, which could affect wind and ocean currents; variations in solar output; the orbital dynamics of the Earth - Moon system; and the impact of relatively large meteorites, and volcanism including eruptions of supervolcanoes.

chart maps the flight path and orbit around every planet, moon, comet, and asteroid of the many instruments illustrated, including every orbiter, rover, flyby, and impactor that has successfully left Earth's gravitational field.

The Cosmic Exploration chart maps the flight path and orbit around every planet, moon, comet, and asteroid of the many instruments illustrated, including every orbiter, rover, flyby, and impactor that has successfully left Earth's gravitational field.

They include; Solar activity, variations in the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, variations to the degree, or angle, of the Earth's axis, tidal forces from our Moon, cosmic rays that affect cloud formation, movement through the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy, and the composition of the Earths atmosphere, to name a few.