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Cedar Mountain, Battle of, 1862 No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
CEF Cluster Exchange Format (CEF) is aself-documenting ASCII format designed for the exchange of data. There aretwo versions of CEF which are not totally compatible. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
CEF1 Cluster Exchange Format (CEF), version 1, isa self-documenting ASCII format designed for the exchange of data. Themetadata contains information compatible with the ISTP recommendations forCDF. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
CEF2 Cluster Exchange Format (CEF), version 2, isa self-documenting ASCII format designed for the exchange of data andintroduced for Cluster Active Archive. Compared to version 1, the metadatadescription o f vectors and tensors is different. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
ceiling No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Ceilings No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Cejkaite No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Celadonite No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Celdal language No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Celery No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Celery caterpillar No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
CelestialCoordinateSystem In astronomy, a celestial coordinate system is a coordinate system for mapping positions on the celestial sphere. There are different celestial coordinate systems each using a system of spherical coor dinates projected on the celestial sphere, in analogy to the geographic coordinate system used on the surface of the Earth. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
celestial equator The projection of Earth’s geographic equator onto the celestial sphere. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Celestial equator An imaginary great circle on the sky half-way between the celestial poles. It is the projection of the equator of the Earth on the sky. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Celestial mechanics The branch of astronomy that deals with the calculation of motions of celestial bodies under the action of their mutual gravitational attractions. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Celestial mechanics No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Celestial mechanics No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Celestial objects catalogs No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Celestial poles The point of the sky, north or south, where the projection of the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the celestial sphere. They are at 90° relative to the celestial equator. Because of precession, th e celestial poles describe a circle around the ecliptic's poles every 25,800 years. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
celestial sphere An imaginary rotating spherical shell around the Earth and concentric with it. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
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