Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Telluric |
Pertaining to the Earth. In astronomy, telluric lines are spectral lines in the spectrum of an astronomical object caused by molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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