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Appendix F: Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
Pages 371-380

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... : The Energetic Neutral Atoms Analyzer instru ments that have flown on several European Space Agency spacecraft. ASRG: Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator.
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... CATE: Cost and technical evaluation; specifically, a particular methodology for assessing the cost, schedule, and technical risk associated with a spacecraft mission. CCSR: Cryogenic Comet Sample Return.
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... EPOXI: The name of the extended mission of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft -- a combination of Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization and Deep Impact Extended Investigation, the two phases of the extended mission. ESA: European Space Agency.
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... It was the landing site for Opportunity, one of the Mars Exploration Rovers. meridional circulation: An atmospheric circulation pattern that is primarily oriented in the north-south plane.
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... MIRO: Microwave Instrument for the Rosetta Orbiter (one of NASA's contributions to the European Space Agency's Rosetta comet rendezvous mission)
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... pyroclastic: Rocks composed solely or primarily of fragments of volcanic materials. pyrrhotite: An unusual iron sulfide mineral with a variable iron content.
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... regolith: The layer of dust and fragmented rocky debris that forms the uppermost surface on many planets, satel lites, and asteroids. It is formed by a variety of processes including meteoritic impact.
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... Spirit: The first of the two rovers of NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover mission, which landed on Mars on January 4, 2004. sputtering: A process of chemical alteration caused by atomic particles striking a surface at high speed.
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... VSTDT: Venus Science and Technology Definition Team. Zeta ring: The innermost ring of Uranus.
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  • rosetta comet
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  • low temperatures
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