Hipparchus satellite

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noun

an astronometric satellite launched in 1989 by the European Space Agency that measured the position, proper motion, and brightness of 118 218 stars down to 12th magnitude and the magnitude and colour of a million stars down to 10th magnitude

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Word Origin for Hipparchus satellite

after Hipparchus, Greek astronomer (2nd century bc

Words nearby Hipparchus satellite

hip joint, hiplength, hipp-, hipparch, Hipparchus, Hipparchus satellite, hippeastrum, hipped, hipped roof, Hippias, hippie

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How to use Hipparchus satellite in a sentence

Initially, it will be able to carry 1,000-pound satellite-guided bombs or 500-pound laser-guided weapons.
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For air supplier Hughes Aircraft, it was crucial satellite pieces from Russia.
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Thus the report on the Guy Fawkes effigies, which also was picked up by RT, the English-language Russian satellite channel.
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As a result, a satellite passing over a higher-mass region would speed up very slightly, and slow down over a lower-mass one.
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A small outdoor television satellite dish sticks out of tall grass alongside a few piles of firewood.
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She was captured many years ago in an attempt to overthrow the rule of Wananda upon a small satellite planet.
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And when he was unable to do that, Hipparchus would not pay down his silver, until he could make further inquiry.
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Such an attachment of a small or weak toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.
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His Life by his satellite Boswell holds the first place among biographies as a triumph of portraiture.
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He beckoned to his Chinese satellite and walked leisurely to the door.
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