Sentence examples for lunar coordinates from inspiring English sources

For mapping purposes lunar coordinates were taken to originate near the centre of the near-side face, at the intersection of the equator and a meridian defined by the mean librations.

WASHINGTON (AP) — They are bits of space graffiti hidden from the public for decades: a crude calendar, scrawled lunar coordinates and markings warning of a locker containing "smelly waste".

With this level of accuracy, the reference coordinates serve as fundamental control points for the lunar coordinate system and can be used for lunar topography assessment (Dickey et al., 1994).

The Song astronomers of Shen's day still retained the lunar theory and coordinates of the earlier Yi Xing, which after 350 years had devolved into a state of considerable error.

In these books science was usually at the service of religion: the calculation of lunar phases and stellar coordinates was crucial to Muslim worship.

Greek astronomers also devised rules for intercalations to coordinate the lunar and solar years.

Averaged power of 0.5 to 10 Hz wave activity detected on dayside (a) and nightside (b) of moon in solar wind projected onto lunar surface in ME coordinate system.

Next, we review how species adjusting to both lunar and solar cycles coordinate the underlying clocks, again a phenomenon only well known for marine species.

Along with his colleague Wei Pu in the Bureau of Astronomy, Shen Kuo planned to plot out the exact coordinates of planetary and lunar movements by recording their astronomical observations three times a night for a continuum of five years.

This paper investigates the traction coordinating control issue of the wheeled lunar rover with Rocker Bogie in rough terrain.

Taurus Littrow is a lunar valley located on the near side at the coordinates.