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Appendix E: Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
Pages 225-232

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... mono acid+ Any of the ordain compounds that contain one or more basic amino groups md one or more acidic carboxy} groups md ~~ are polymerized to form peptides md proteins. andesite+ Finely crystalline volcanic rock composed largely of He minerals plagiocIase, feldspar' md pyroxene.
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... Most observed domed have highly elliptical orbits sometimes approaching parabolic. COMPLEX+ The National lleseareh Couneilts Committee on Planetary md Lunar Exploration.
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... geot~hni~+ Application of scientific md engineering principles to problems by using knowledge of the properties of crush materials. Giotto+ The Europem Space Agency launched this spaceport in July 1985 on ~ Category thy enabled it to perform ~ fad flyby of He nucleus of Halley~s Comet in March 1986.
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... magnetosphere+ The region exterior to ~ planet in which id magnetic field plays He dominant part in controlling the physical processes that take place there. MAO+ Mars Upper Atmosphere Orbiter (mission)
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... NEP+ Nuelear-elee~ie propulsion ~ reaction drive thy utilizes ~ fission reactor to power ~ ion engine. neutral mass spectrometer+ A device thy measures He distribution of atomic arid molecular masses in ~ beam of neutral particles.
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... loose zone+ The region about ~ plar~et where tidal forces are sufficiently strong to Car apt ~ idealized fluid body. llosettn+ A large Europem Space Agency mission originally scheduled for launch in 2003 md designed to rendezvous with md conduct extended studies of comet 46 P/Wir~en in 2011.
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... tropopause+ The bounds between the troposphere arid stratosphere, often characterized by art abrupt change in the ram ~ which He temperature varies as ~ function of height. troposphere+ The lowermost portion of ~ plmetts a~osphere, in which temperature decreases win height md thermal convection takes place.
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... The Quarantine md Certification of Martin Samples (2001) lleadiness Issues Loveland to lleseareh in the Biological md Physical Seienees on He Intern~iona1 Space Station (LOCI)
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