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... known satellite of Saturn . About 220 km ( 136 miles ) in diameter , the satellite has a mean distance from Saturn of about 12,952,000 km . The orbit is significantly eccentric , retrograde , and steeply inclined to the plane of ...
... known satellite of Saturn . About 220 km ( 136 miles ) in diameter , the satellite has a mean distance from Saturn of about 12,952,000 km . The orbit is significantly eccentric , retrograde , and steeply inclined to the plane of ...
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... known as web offset presses . Such presses usually print both sides of the paper , and it is commonly arranged that the web passes between the two blanket or offset cylinders , thus printing both sides simultane- ously and eliminating ...
... known as web offset presses . Such presses usually print both sides of the paper , and it is commonly arranged that the web passes between the two blanket or offset cylinders , thus printing both sides simultane- ously and eliminating ...
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... known as the quadrics , or quadric surfaces . quadrature , in astronomy , that aspect of a heavenly body in which its direction as seen from the Earth makes a right angle with the di- rection of the Sun. The Moon at First or Last ...
... known as the quadrics , or quadric surfaces . quadrature , in astronomy , that aspect of a heavenly body in which its direction as seen from the Earth makes a right angle with the di- rection of the Sun. The Moon at First or Last ...
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