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Index
Celestial sphere, 38, 104, 274, 285
21-centimeter line, 179
Chang’e Running to the Moon, 91
Characteristic ages, 32
Christopher Columbus, 103, 208
Circle of equal altitude, 205
Classical arson fire-arrows, 93
Coded aperture masks, 73
Cold War, 145, 150, 230
Compass, 202
Compendium of Materia medica, 93
Compton edge, 62
Compton scattering effect, 61
Congreve rocket, 97
Contra-variant transformation coefficients,
300
Control, 200
Control segments, 232, 254
Conventional Celestial Reference System,
325
Conventional equatorial plane, 293
Conventional International Origin, 293
Conventional Terrestrial System, 293
Coordinated Universal Time, 290
Coordinate length, 320
Coordinate system, 314
Coordinate time, 308
Core region, 27
Cosmic velocity, 90
Covariant transformation coefficients, 300
Crab Nebula, 4, 9, 15, 32, 74, 81
Crab pulsar, 9–31, 83, 84, 382–400
Crossing-through-generation, 402
Curvature radiation, 23
Cyclotron radiation, 25
Cyrano de Bergerac, 105
D
Database-type detectors, 405
David Lasser, 130
Da Yi Shooting the Sun, 91
Decca navigator system, 220
Deep space, 259
Deep space exploration, 260
Deep space probes, 170, 259
Defining sources, 327
Depleted layer, 67
Differencing measurement, 360
Discovery of radio pulsar, 7
Dispersion, 35
Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), 217
Donald C. Backer, 56
Doppler counts, 221
Doppler delay, 349
Doppler navigation system, 221
Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning
Integrated by Satellite (DORIS), 222,
263
Dynamics orbit determination, 275
E
Ecliptic, 286
Ecliptic mean sun, 288
Ecliptic poles, 286
Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt, 171
Edwin E. Aldrin, 169
Einstein field equations, 304, 306
Einstein tensor, 306
Electron avalanche effect, 65
Electron density, 35
Electron–positron pair effect, 63
Elevation angle, 205
Energy levels, 179
Ensemble pulsar time, 57
Ephemeris Time, 289
Ephemeris time system, 286
Epoch, 284
Epoch folding, 350
Equatorial mean sun, 288
Eric Burgess, 137, 139, 178
Eugen Albert Sanger, 133, 140
Euler angles, 244
Euler axis, 244
Euler’s rotation theorem, 244, 245
Excited state, 179
F
Faraday rotation, 37
Ferdinand Magellan, 103, 208
First Generation Navigation Satellite
System, 225–228, 401
Five-hundred-meter aperture spherical telescope, 53, 54
Flat Riemannian space, 303
Foucault pendulum, 214
Four Great Inventions, 93, 101, 202
Francis Godwin, 104
Franco Pacini, 4, 9
Frank D. Drake, 179
Frank Joseph Malina, 132–136
Frank T. McClure, 224
Fridrickh Arturovitch Tsander, 123, 124
Index
Celestial sphere, 38, 104, 274, 285
21-centimeter line, 179
Chang’e Running to the Moon, 91
Characteristic ages, 32
Christopher Columbus, 103, 208
Circle of equal altitude, 205
Classical arson fire-arrows, 93
Coded aperture masks, 73
Cold War, 145, 150, 230
Compass, 202
Compendium of Materia medica, 93
Compton edge, 62
Compton scattering effect, 61
Congreve rocket, 97
Contra-variant transformation coefficients,
300
Control, 200
Control segments, 232, 254
Conventional Celestial Reference System,
325
Conventional equatorial plane, 293
Conventional International Origin, 293
Conventional Terrestrial System, 293
Coordinated Universal Time, 290
Coordinate length, 320
Coordinate system, 314
Coordinate time, 308
Core region, 27
Cosmic velocity, 90
Covariant transformation coefficients, 300
Crab Nebula, 4, 9, 15, 32, 74, 81
Crab pulsar, 9–31, 83, 84, 382–400
Crossing-through-generation, 402
Curvature radiation, 23
Cyclotron radiation, 25
Cyrano de Bergerac, 105
D
Database-type detectors, 405
David Lasser, 130
Da Yi Shooting the Sun, 91
Decca navigator system, 220
Deep space, 259
Deep space exploration, 260
Deep space probes, 170, 259
Defining sources, 327
Depleted layer, 67
Differencing measurement, 360
Discovery of radio pulsar, 7
Dispersion, 35
Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), 217
Donald C. Backer, 56
Doppler counts, 221
Doppler delay, 349
Doppler navigation system, 221
Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning
Integrated by Satellite (DORIS), 222,
263
Dynamics orbit determination, 275
E
Ecliptic, 286
Ecliptic mean sun, 288
Ecliptic poles, 286
Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt, 171
Edwin E. Aldrin, 169
Einstein field equations, 304, 306
Einstein tensor, 306
Electron avalanche effect, 65
Electron density, 35
Electron–positron pair effect, 63
Elevation angle, 205
Energy levels, 179
Ensemble pulsar time, 57
Ephemeris Time, 289
Ephemeris time system, 286
Epoch, 284
Epoch folding, 350
Equatorial mean sun, 288
Eric Burgess, 137, 139, 178
Eugen Albert Sanger, 133, 140
Euler angles, 244
Euler axis, 244
Euler’s rotation theorem, 244, 245
Excited state, 179
F
Faraday rotation, 37
Ferdinand Magellan, 103, 208
First Generation Navigation Satellite
System, 225–228, 401
Five-hundred-meter aperture spherical telescope, 53, 54
Flat Riemannian space, 303
Foucault pendulum, 214
Four Great Inventions, 93, 101, 202
Francis Godwin, 104
Franco Pacini, 4, 9
Frank D. Drake, 179
Frank Joseph Malina, 132–136
Frank T. McClure, 224
Fridrickh Arturovitch Tsander, 123, 124