416
Index
K
Karl Guthe Jansky, 42
Kármán line, 87
Kenneth W. Gatland, 137, 139, 146
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, 108–
111
Kuiper Belt, 171
L
Land-based fixed station, 252
Land-based mobile station, 252
Laplace operator, 297
Launch site system, 89
Leonhard Euler, 214
Lev Davidovich Landau, 4
Light curve, 29
Lighthouse model, 21, 22
Lighthouses for space flights, 273
Light-like interval, 310
Light-velocity cylinder, 24
Liwei Yang, 162
Local mean solar time, 288
Local rest observer, 317
LORAN, 220
LORAN-C, 220
Luminescence, 70
M
Marco Polo, 102
Marine chronometer, 208
Mariner Program, 184
Maxwell’s equations, 42
Mean celestial equator, 325
Mean equatorial plane, 293
Mean equinox, 325
Mean north celestial pole, 325
Mean solar time, 288
Mean sun, 288
Measuring pulse profile, 351
Metric tensor, 301
Michael Collins, 169
Millisecond pulsar, 13, 17, 32, 54, 83, 273,
280, 325, 332, 360
Ming Dynasty, 95
Mir space station, 160
Mixed stars, 27
Mixed-variant component, 301
Moment, 284
Movable objects, 199
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, 6
N
Navigation, 199–201
Navigation for spacecraft, 242
Navigation mechanism, 401
Navigation parameters, 201
Navigation satellite problem, 224
Navigation satellite system, 202, 223, 273,
291, 399, 401
Navigation Satellite Time and Ranging, 230
Navigation system, 201
Navigation-type detection, 405
NAVSTAR-Global Positioning System, 231
Navy Navigation Satellite System, 225
Neil A. Armstrong, 169
Neumann−Seeliger puzzle, 298
Neutral hydrogen, 179
Neutron, 3, 4
Neutron drip density, 27
Neutron matter region, 27
Neutron star, 4, 8
Neutron star’s structure, 26
New Frontiers Program, 194
New Horizons probe, 186, 194
Newtonian mechanics, 282, 305, 324
Newtonian time, 289
Newton’s absolute space-time view, 282
Nicolaus Copernicus, 104
Nikita Khrushchev, 146
Nobel Prize in physics, 8, 55
Nodal line, 245
Non-autonomous navigation system, 204
Non-autonomous orbit determination, 243
Non-relativistic electron, 23
N-order tensor, 301
Normal plane, 395
North celestial pole, 285
North ecliptic pole, 286
Northern Song Dynasty, 94
Nutation, 245, 325
O
Obliquity of the ecliptic, 286
Omega navigation system, 220
Oort cloud, 172
Orbital parameters, 241
Orbit control, 246
Orbit keeping, 246
Orbit maneuver, 246
Orbit rendezvous, 246
Other sources, 327
Outer crust layer, 27
Outer space, 87
Index
K
Karl Guthe Jansky, 42
Kármán line, 87
Kenneth W. Gatland, 137, 139, 146
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, 108–
111
Kuiper Belt, 171
L
Land-based fixed station, 252
Land-based mobile station, 252
Laplace operator, 297
Launch site system, 89
Leonhard Euler, 214
Lev Davidovich Landau, 4
Light curve, 29
Lighthouse model, 21, 22
Lighthouses for space flights, 273
Light-like interval, 310
Light-velocity cylinder, 24
Liwei Yang, 162
Local mean solar time, 288
Local rest observer, 317
LORAN, 220
LORAN-C, 220
Luminescence, 70
M
Marco Polo, 102
Marine chronometer, 208
Mariner Program, 184
Maxwell’s equations, 42
Mean celestial equator, 325
Mean equatorial plane, 293
Mean equinox, 325
Mean north celestial pole, 325
Mean solar time, 288
Mean sun, 288
Measuring pulse profile, 351
Metric tensor, 301
Michael Collins, 169
Millisecond pulsar, 13, 17, 32, 54, 83, 273,
280, 325, 332, 360
Ming Dynasty, 95
Mir space station, 160
Mixed stars, 27
Mixed-variant component, 301
Moment, 284
Movable objects, 199
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, 6
N
Navigation, 199–201
Navigation for spacecraft, 242
Navigation mechanism, 401
Navigation parameters, 201
Navigation satellite problem, 224
Navigation satellite system, 202, 223, 273,
291, 399, 401
Navigation Satellite Time and Ranging, 230
Navigation system, 201
Navigation-type detection, 405
NAVSTAR-Global Positioning System, 231
Navy Navigation Satellite System, 225
Neil A. Armstrong, 169
Neumann−Seeliger puzzle, 298
Neutral hydrogen, 179
Neutron, 3, 4
Neutron drip density, 27
Neutron matter region, 27
Neutron star, 4, 8
Neutron star’s structure, 26
New Frontiers Program, 194
New Horizons probe, 186, 194
Newtonian mechanics, 282, 305, 324
Newtonian time, 289
Newton’s absolute space-time view, 282
Nicolaus Copernicus, 104
Nikita Khrushchev, 146
Nobel Prize in physics, 8, 55
Nodal line, 245
Non-autonomous navigation system, 204
Non-autonomous orbit determination, 243
Non-relativistic electron, 23
N-order tensor, 301
Normal plane, 395
North celestial pole, 285
North ecliptic pole, 286
Northern Song Dynasty, 94
Nutation, 245, 325
O
Obliquity of the ecliptic, 286
Omega navigation system, 220
Oort cloud, 172
Orbital parameters, 241
Orbit control, 246
Orbit keeping, 246
Orbit maneuver, 246
Orbit rendezvous, 246
Other sources, 327
Outer crust layer, 27
Outer space, 87