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Çorba
Çorba (transliterated as chorba) is a Turkish soup or stew. The word entered into a number of national cuisines of various peoples under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, often in varying meanings. Чорба (chorba) a Bulgarian soup; see, e.g., Schkembe chorbaCiorbă, a Romanian beef-vegetable sou..
Çorbaci
Çorbaci (sometimes variously transliterated as chorbaji, chorbadzhi, tschorbadji) was a military rank of Janissaries, a commander of an orta (regiment), i.e., approximately corresponding to the rank of colonel. The word derives from "çorba", "soup", and literally means "soup server", "the one who ..
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base (or simply O·R·B) is a space strategy game developed and published by Strategy First. Gameplay is similar to Homeworld, in that the player can move units in all three spatial dimensions. There are two fully developed races in the game, the Malus and the Alyssians..
Orb
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word "Orb", from the Latin orbis 'circle', is another name for a round object, especially a disk or a sphere. The term may also refer to one of the following. The Orb in the "Orb and Sceptre" is a type of regalia known as a glo..
ORB-01 Akatsuki
Cagalli & Akatsuki This article is about a fictional weapon from the Cosmic Era of the anime Gundam metaseries. Contents 1 Background2 Specifications2.1 ORB-01 Akatsuki2.2 ORB-01 Oowashi Akatsuki2.3 ORB-01 Shiranui Akatsuki3 Trivia4 Sources Background ..
Orb-weaver spider
The orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) are the builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. The family is a large one, including over 2800 species in over 160 genera worldwide, making it the third largest family of spiders known (behind Salticidae and Linyph..
Orba
For the town in Spain, see Orba, Alicante. In Irish mythology Orba son of Eber Finn was joint High King of Ireland with his brothers Ir, Fearon and Ferga, after they overthrew Muimne, Luigne and Laigne, sons of Eremon. They ruled for half a year before being overthrown by Irial Fáith, son of Eremon..
Orbaitzeta
Orbaitzeta is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. External link [ORBAITZETA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] () ..
Orball
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Unfinished - Will be completed with due time Contents 0.1 What is Orball0.2 Quick Start0.3 The Object of the Game0.4 Definitions0.5 Tackling0.6 Pitch0.7 Number of players0.8 Clothing0.9 Time0.10 Match Officials0.1..
Orbara
Orbara is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. External link [ORBARA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] () ..
Orbassano
Orbassano is a commune in the Province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy, about 20km from the city of Turin. The commune is where Sonia Gandhi of India was raised, however she was actually born in Lusiana, near Vicenza. Piedmont · Communes of the province of Turin Agliè | Airasca | Ala di S..
Orbcomm
Orbcomm is a company that offers global messaging services from its constellation of 30 LEO communications satellites orbiting at 820 km. Like its competitors Iridium and Globalstar, it filed for Chapter 11 protection, in September, 2000. Orbcomm continues to provide satellite data services..
Orbe
Orbe is a small town in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The town lies on the river of the same name and has around 5,100 inhabitants. It is the seat of the District of Orbe counting 19,000 inhabitants. The town has a coffee factory owned by Nestle producing and shipping worldwide the famous Nespr..
Orbea (company)
Orbea is a bicycle manufacturer based in Mallabia in the Basque Country of Spain. Originally a rifle and gun maker, the company shifted its business after the Spanish Civil War. Orbea produce a range of racing bicycles and mountain bikes, including high-end carbon fibre designs. Orbea is part of t..
Orbec
Orbec is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Its postal code is 14290. The INSEE code is 14478. ..
Orber Moreno
Orber Moreno [mo-RAY-noh] (born April 27, 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays with the New York Mets (2003-present). Previously, Moreno played for the Kansas City Royals (1999). He bats and throws right-handed. Moreno throws a sharp sli..
Orbetello
Orbetello is a town and commune in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] Tuscany · Communes of the province of Grosseto Arcidosso | Campagnatico | Capalbio | Castel del Piano | Castell'Azzara | Castiglione della Pe..
Orbe (district)
Arms of Orbe (district) Orbe is a district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Municipalities AgiezArnex-sur-OrbeBallaiguesBaulmesBavoisBofflensBretonnièresChavornayCorcelles-sur-ChavornayCroyJuriensLa PrazL'AbergementLes CléesLignerolleMontcherandOrbePremierRancesRomainmôtier-EnvySergeyV..
Orbicularis oculi muscle
The Orbicularis oculi arises from the nasal part of the frontal bone, from the frontal process of the maxilla in front of the lacrimal groove, and from the anterior surface and borders of a short fibrous band, the medial palpebral ligament. From this origin, the fibers are directed lateralward, f..
Orbicularis oris muscle
In human anatomy, the orbicularis oris muscle is the sphincter muscle around the mouth. It is also one of the muscles used in the playing of all brass instruments and some woodwind instruments. The Orbicularis oris is not a simple sphincter muscle like the Orbicularis oculi; it consists of nu..
Orbicular batfish
The Orbicular Batfish (Platax orbicularis) is a popular aquarium fish endemic to tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its body is almost disc-shaped, and very thin; the tail, about 20% of the body length, is fan-shaped and taller than it is long. Males can grow to up to 50cm in leng..
Orbifold
In topology and group theory, an orbifold (for "orbit-manifold") is a generalization of a manifold. It is a topological space (called an underlying space) with an orbifold structure (see below). The underlying space locally looks like a quotient space of a Euclidean space under the action of a fin..
Orbigny
Orbigny can be: One of the abbreviations used for Alcide d'Orbigny in biological citations.One of the communes in the Indre-et-Loire département in France. See Orbigny. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you t..
Orbilius Pupillus
Lucius Orbilius Pupillus was a Latin grammarian of the 1st century B.C.E., who had a school at Rome, where the poet Horace was one of his pupils. Horace (Epistles, ii.) criticizes his old schoolmaster and describes him as plagosus (a flogger), and Orbilius has become proverbial as a disciplinarian p..
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Orbis
Orbis is a Latin word for a circle or sphere, and by extension, the world . It was in turn derived from ancient Greek, in which it refers to the eye. In English it may refer to a number of things: Orbis Hotels, an international hotel and travel agency chain based in PolandORBIS International, the "..
Orbisongs
Orbisongs is the last album recorded by Roy Orbison for the Monument label before he signed with MGM Records. The album was released in 1965. Track listing Side one "Oh, Pretty Woman" - (Roy Orbison & Bill Dees)"Dance" - (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)"(Say) You're My Girl" - (Roy Orbison & Bill Dees)..
Orbisonia, Pennsylvania
Orbisonia is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 425 at the 2000 census. Geography Orbisonia is located at [40°14′36″N, 77°53′36″W] (40.243345, -77.893362)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census B..
Orbison illusion
Orbison illusion The Orbison illusion is an optical illusion that was first described by the psychologist William Orbison in 1939. The bounding rectangle and inner square both appear distorted in the presence of the radiating lines. The background gives us the impression there is some sort of..
ORBIS International
ORBIS International is an international non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) focusing on prevention of blindness and the treatment of eye diseases in developing countries. It is best known for its "flying eye hospital", presently a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. ORBIS is headquartered in New Y..
Orbis Pictus
Orbis Pictus, or Orbis Sensualium Pictus (The Visible World in Pictures) is a textbook for children written by Czech educator Jan Ámos Komenský. It is something of a children's encyclopedia and is considered to be the first picture book intended for children. Contents 1 Contents2 Hist..
Orbis Women's Secret Society
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Contents 1 The Foundation2 The Structure3 The Secrets4 The Goals The Foundation Believed to have been founded very recently, chapters of this secretive society may exist at Bryn Mawr College today as well as possibly at Smith, Mount Holyoke, ..
ORBit
ORBit is a CORBA compliant Object Request Broker (ORB). The current version is called ORBit2 and is compliant with CORBA ver. 2.4. It is developed under the GPL license and is used as middleware for the GNOME project. External links [ORBit2 Home Page] ..
Orbit@home
orbit@home is a BOINC-based distributed computing project which uses the Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis framework to monitor the impact hazard posed by Near-Earth objects. More information can be found at the ORSA@work website and in a presentation poster titled Distributed Computing ..
Orbita
Orbita is a Soviet-Russian system of broadcasting and delivering TV-signal via satellites. It is considered to be first ever national network of satellite television. The Orbita system is based on highly-elliptical Molniya communication satellites as well, as on many ground downlink TV stations for..
Orbital
The term orbital has several meanings: In science: Orbital motionAn atomic orbital or molecular orbitalAn orbit (anatomy), the cavity in which the eye sitsOrbital spaceflight See also: Electron configuration Other: Orbital (band)Orbitals (album), an alternative rock album by Acroma.A Culture Orbit..
Orbitals (album)
Orbitals is the first album by the alternative rock band Acroma, released in May 2003 on Universal Records. The album was recorded at RadioStar Studios, in Weed, California. Track Listing Careless Ones (Intro) - 3:23Sun Rises Down - 4:12Sweat - 4:52Wash Away (Some Desert Night) - 4:39Don't Think Ju..
Orbital (band)
Orbital were an English techno duo formed in 1989, consisting of brothers Paul (born 19 May, 1968) and Phil Hartnoll (born 9 January, 1964). The name was taken from the raves that occurred in the late 1980s near the M25 orbital motorway that circles London. They were initially influenced by early..
Orbital (brown album)
Orbital is the second album from the British electronica duo, Orbital. It is known colloquially as the Brown Album to differentiate it from Orbital's 1991 debut album, also titled Orbital. It was released in May 1993 and reached the number one position on the UK album charts. On Orbital the duo a..
Orbital (green album)
Orbital was the first album from Orbital, released in 1991. It is often referred to as the "Green Album", to differentiate it from the band's second album, also titled Orbital (known as the "Brown Album"). The original United Kingdom release includes live versions of "Chime" and "Midnight." Orbit..
Orbital (space habitat)
Illustration of an orbital created by Giuseppe Gerbino. In Iain M. Banks' fictional Culture universe, an orbital is a purpose-built space habitat. Banks has described them as looking like "a god's bracelet" hanging in outer space. Orbitals are ribbon-like hoops of super strong material (see..
Orbital airship
The orbital airship, also called the space blimp, is a proposed space transportation system that carries payloads to and from low Earth orbit. In the Airship To Orbit (ATO) design envisioned by JP Aerospace, there are three components. A conventional airship (Ascender) lifts payloads up to 30 to 4..
Orbital angular momentum vector
In astrodynamics Orbital angular momentum vector is a vector perpendicular to the orbital plane that is used in calculations of orbital parameters from orbital state vectors. Orbital angular momentum vector is defined as: [\mathbf=\mathbf\times\mathbf] where: [\mathbf\,] is orbi..
Orbital bombardment
Orbital bombardment is the act of attacking targets on a planet, moon or other such object from orbit around the object, rather than from an aircraft or a platform beyond orbit. It is most often encountered in fiction, but has been proposed as a means of attack for several real-world weapons systems..
Orbital Boom Sensor System
The OBSS in a hangar, prior to attachment to the RMS and Shuttle Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (RMS) holding OBSS boom on STS-114 Neptec visualization of the OBSS and Laser Camera System (LCS) in use. The Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) is a 50 foot boom terminating in an in..
Orbital decay
Orbital decay is the process of prolonged reduction in the height of a satellite’s orbit due to drag produced by an atmosphere. The drag intensifies during periods of high solar activity and sunspots, due to frequent collisions between the satellite and surrounding air molecules. The drag experien..
Orbital Drop Shock Trooper
Orbital Drop Shock Troopers are a fictional group of elite soldiers in the Halo universe. ODSTs are members of the elite 105th Shock Trooper Division of the UNSC Marines. They play a significant role in the events of the Halo series. The Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, or "ODST", are an elite speci..
Orbital eccentricity
This page refers to eccentricity in astrodynamics. For other uses, see the disambiguation page eccentricity. In astrodynamics, under standard assumptions any orbit must be of conic section shape. The eccentricity of this conic section, the orbit's eccentricity, is an important parameter of the orb..
Orbital elements
The elements of an orbit are the parameters needed to specify that orbit uniquely, given a model of two point masses obeying the Newtonian laws of motion and the inverse-square law of gravitational attraction. Because there are multiple ways of parameterising a motion, depending on which set of vari..
Orbital engine
The Sarich orbital engine is a type of internal combustion engine, featuring rotary rather than reciprocating motion of its internal parts. It differs from the conceptually similar Wankel engine by using a shaped rotor that rolls around the interior of the engine, rather than having a trilobular rot..
Orbital Express
The Orbital Express satellite servicing demonstrator program is a DARPA program aimed at developing "a safe and cost-effective approach to autonomously service satellites in orbit". The system consists of the Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations (ASTRO) vehicle, under development by Boeing ..
Orbital forcing
Orbital forcing, or Milankovitch theory, describes the effect on climate of slow changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis and shape of the orbit. These orbital changes change the total amount of sunlight reaching the Earth by up to 25% at mid-latitudes (from 400 to 500 watts per cubic meter at latit..
Orbital frame
An Orbital Frame is an advanced giant mecha in the fictional universe of Zone of the Enders. It is distinguished by its enormous superiority over the more common LEV mecha. This is due to the use of the rare mineral Metatron in the Orbital Frame's armor, generator, and many other components. Metat..
Orbital hybridisation
four sp³ orbitals three sp² orbitals In chemistry, hybridisation is the concept the mixing of atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals suitable for the qualitative description of atomic bonding properties. Hybridised orbitals are very useful in the explanation of the shape of molec..
Orbital inclination change
Orbital inclination change is an orbital maneuver aimed at changing the inclination of an orbiting body's orbit. This maneuver is also known as an orbital plane change as the plane of the orbit is tipped. This maneuver requires a change in the orbital velocity vector (delta v) at the orbital nodes (..
Orbital maneuver
An orbital maneuver is a change from one orbit to another, accomplished by applying thrust. In deep space it is called deep-space maneuver (DSM). Contents 1 Impulsive maneuvers2 Non-impulsive maneuvers3 Finite Burn Trajectories4 See also Impulsive maneuvers An impulsive maneu..
Orbital Maneuvering System
This page is about rocket engines; for the virtual studio management application for the Mac OS, see Open Music System. The orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, is a system of rocket engines used on the Space Shuttle for orbital injection and modifying its orbit. It consists of two "packs" at the ba..
Orbital module
The orbital module is a spherical part of Soviet-Russian Soyuz space ship series. It serves mainly for rest and hygiene procedures of ship's crew during phase of orbital flight when used a space station ferry, though on early Soyuz missions the module was used for experiments and even as an airlock ..
Orbital momentum vector
The orbital momentum vector may be used as a term in orbital mechanics to calculate anything from eccentricity to both radial and tangential velocity and accelerations. It is derived from a constant of integration. The orbital momentum vector has units of [m^2 \over\ s]is often found as ..
Orbital motion
In physics, orbital motion is the either a motion of a planet in a planetary orbit, or a motion of an electron around the nucleus of an atom, or any other motion of parts of a bound system. In quantum mechanics, orbital motion contributes to the angular momentum, but there are also other contributio..
Orbital motion (quantum)
The article on magnetism states that the physical cause of an atomic magnetic dipole (or moment) is two kinds of movement of electrons. This article clarifies (‽) that electrons don’t actually move in their orbitals. When quantum mechanics refer to “electron orbital motion”..
Orbital node
An orbital node is one of the two points where an inclined orbit crosses a plane of reference (e.g. the equator for geocentric orbits, the ecliptic for heliocentric orbits). Nodes do not exist for orbits with inclination equal to zero (equatorial orbits or ecliptic orbits). The ascending (or north)..
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time it takes a planet (or another object) to make one full orbit. There are several kinds of orbital periods for objects around the Sun: The sidereal period is the time that it takes the object to make one full orbit around the Sun, relative to the stars. This is consid..
Orbital perturbation
In the field of astrodynamics, orbital perturbation is a phenomenon whereby the orbit of an object or celestial body is altered by one or more external influences. In the case of man-made satellites, orbital perturbation may be a consequence of atmospheric drag or solar radiation pressure, whilst i..
Orbital plane
Orbital plane could refer to several things: Orbital plane (astronomy)In anatomy, it refers to a specific area of the maxilla. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the li..
Orbital plane (astronomy)
The orbital plane of an object orbiting another is the geometrical plane in which the orbit is embedded. Three points are required to find the orbital plane: the center of the heavier object, the center of the orbiting object and the center of the orbiting object at some later time. By definition t..
Orbital pole
An orbital pole is either end of an imaginary line running through the center of an orbit perpendicular to the orbital plane, projected onto the celestial sphere. It is similar in concept to a geographical pole but based on the planet's orbit instead of the planet's rotation. The north orbital p..
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Orbital resonance
Orbital Resonance is also the title of a science fiction novel by John Barnes. In celestial mechanics, an orbital resonance occurs when two orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other. Contents 1 History2 Types of resonance3 Mean motion resonanc..
Orbital Resonance (novel)
Orbital Resonance is the title of a science fiction novel by John Barnes. It is the first of four books comprising the 'Century Next Door' series, followed by Kaleidoscope Century, Candle, The Sky So Big And Black. External Links [Amazon.com][SciFan.com] ..
Orbital revolution
Orbital revolution is the cyclical path taken by one object around another object (or point, line, etc.) In astronomy, the term revolution is most often used to describe the movement of large masses around the center of mass of a system, for example the movement of a moon around a planet or a pl..
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly abbreviated as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. Its Launch Systems Group is heavily involved with missile defense launch systems. Orbital formerly owned ORBIMAGE (now GeoEye) and the Mag..
Orbital Sciences X-34
Orbital Sciences X-34 Description Role Technology Testbed Crew Unmanned First Flight June 29, 1999 (carried by a Lockheed L-1011) Manufacturer Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, VA Dimensions Length 58 ft 17.7 m Wingspan 28 ft 8.5 m Height 12 ft 3.7 m Wing area 358 ft² 33.3 m&su..
Orbital septum
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Orbital spaceflight
An orbital spaceflight (or orbital flight) in the general sense is a spaceflight where the trajectory of a spacecraft reaches the height of, and through having an appropriate velocity enters into, orbit around an astronomical body. Most commonly the term is applied specifically to Earth orbit: reac..
Orbital Space Plane
The Orbital Space Plane (OSP) program was designed to support the International Space Station requirements for crew rescue, crew transport and contingency cargo such as supplies, food and other needed equipment. After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, NASA scrapped the OSP in favor of the Crew Ex..
Orbital speed
The orbital speed of a body, generally a planet, a natural satellite, an artificial satellite, or a multiple star, is the speed at which it orbits around the barycenter of a system, usually around a more massive body. It can be used to refer to either the mean orbital speed, the average speed as it ..
Orbital state vectors
In astrodynamics or celestial dynamics orbital state vectors (sometimes State Vectors) are vectors of position ([\mathbf]) and velocity ([\mathbf]) that together with their time (epoch) ([t\,]) uniquely determine the state of an orbiting body. State vectors are excelle..
Orbital stationkeeping
In astrodynamics orbital stationkeeping is a term used to describe a particular set of orbital maneuvers used to keep a spacecraft in assigned orbit, either low earth orbit (LEO), or geostationary orbit (GEO). It is especially important for satellite communications systems since maintaining proper s..
Orbital Test Satellite
The Orbital Test Satellite programme was an experimental satellite system inherited by the ESA in 1975 from its predecessor, the European Space Research Organization (ESRO). The first of the pair of OTS satellites (OTS-1) was lost at launch in September 1977. OTS-2 became one the first geostationa..
Orbital tuning
Orbital tuning refers to the process of adjusting the time scale of a geologic or climate record so that the observed fluctuations correspond to the Milankovitch cycles in the Earth's orbital motion. Because changes in the Earth's orbit affect the amount and distribution of sunlight the Earth receiv..
Orbital weaponry
Orbital weaponry is any weapon that is in orbit around a large body such as a planet or moon. This can include space to ground, space to air, or space to space weaponry. Currently there are no orbital weapons systems in Earth orbit. There were two treaties that were signed during the Cold War which ..
Orbital x-ray
Orbital x-ray or orbital radiography is a specialized form of radiography used to study the orbit of the eye. It is useful for detecting problems in the eye arising from injury or disease. It is also commonly used for detecting foreign objects in the eye that an ophthalmoscope cannot detect and is..
Orbiter
An orbiter is a spacecraft that orbits a planet or moon without landing on it in order to study the object's surface from a safe distance. Additional uses of Orbiter are: [[Orbiter Treadmill http://www.orbiter-treadmill.com]], Treadmill with suspended trampoline like surface.Space Shuttle Orbiter,..
Orbiter (comics)
Cover to Orbiter. Art by Colleen Doran. Orbiter is a graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran, published in 2003 by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint. It is a science fiction story set in the early 21st Century about a team of specialists employed to understand the mysterious reapp..
Orbiter (ride)
The Orbiter is a fairground ride invented by Richard Woolls in 1976. It has a number of articulated arms radiating from a central rotating vertial axis. Each arm supports a cluster of cars, which are lifted through 90° into the horizontal position once the ride is spinning. At the same ti..
Orbiter (sim)
Orbiter is a closed source freeware space flight simulator for the Windows operating system created by Dr Martin Schweiger, a computer scientist at University College London. The first version was released on November 27, 2000 and is an ongoing project that has been under development ever since. T..
Orbiter Processing Facility
Space Shuttle Columbia at the entrance of the Orbiter Processing Facility The Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) is the hangar where NASA's Space Shuttle Orbiter undergoes maintenance between flights. Discovery rests inside the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 marking the completion of Mis..
Orbiter Vehicle Designation
Each NASA space shuttle designation is composed of a prefix and suffix separated by a dash. The prefix for operational shuttles is OV, for Orbiter Vehicle. The suffix is composed of two parts: the series and the vehicle number. Series: 0 - Non-flight ready shuttles 1 - Flight Ready shuttles The ..
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OAO-3 in the clean room The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) satellites were a series of four space observatories launched by NASA between 1966 and 1972, which provided the first high-quality observations of many objects in ultraviolet light. While two OAO missions were failures, the s..
Orbiting body
In astrodynamics, an orbiting body ([m_1\,]) is a body that orbits central body ([m_2\,]). Under standard assumptions in astrodynamics: it is orders of magnitude lighter than central body (i.e. [m_1..
Orbiting Carbon Observatory
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) is a NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Project (ESSP) mission designed to make precise, time-dependent global measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from an Earth orbiting satellite.[link] The tentative launch date for OCO is September 20..
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO) refers to the six satellites launched by the United States in use from september 1964 to 1972, designed to study the Earth's magnetosphere. The satellites successfully studied the intreactions between the Earth and the Sun, despite a number of technical proble..
Orbitoclast
An Orbitoclast is surgical instrument used for performing lobotomies. It was invented by Walter Freeman. ..
Orbitofrontal cortex
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Orbitrap
An orbitrap mass spectrometer is an ion trapping device that consists of an outer barrel-like electrode and a coaxial inner spindle-like electrode that form an electrostatic field with quadro-logarithmic potential distribution. The frequency of harmonic oscillations of the orbitally trapped ions alo..
Orbitsville
Orbitsville (ISBN 0330250132), published in 1975, is a science fiction novel by Bob Shaw about the discovery of a Dyson Sphere. This is a classic Big Dumb Object story, where the sense of wonder of the discovery of a sphere surrounding a star with a habitable surface area equivalent to 5 billion Ear..
Orbitz
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Orbitz, Inc. is an Internet travel company headquartered in Chicago, and part of the Cendant Corporation. Orbitz is being sold to a private equity firm. Contents 1 Beginnings2 Anti-trust concerns3 IPO, sale, and future prospects4 Con..
Orbitz (disambiguation)
Orbitz has a couple of meanings: Orbitz the internet travel companyOrbitz (soft drink) a short-lived 1990s soft drink This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to poin..
Orbitz (soft drink)
A page out of the Orbitz introductory press package Orbitz was the product name of a noncarbonated fruit-flavored beverage, made by the company Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation (makers of Clearly Canadian), that had small edible balls floating in it. It was introduced around 1996 and quic..
Orbit (anatomy)
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Orbit (band)
Orbit is a now-defunct Boston, Massachusetts-based power trio. Formed in 1994, the band went on hiatus in late 2001. Their initial releases were on drummer Buckley's own Lunch Records label before the band moved to major label A&M Records. They completed recording their second major label album, "Gu..
Orbit (disambiguation)
The word orbit is applied to a number of things in various fields: Contents 0.1 Anatomy0.2 Astrodynamics and celestial mechanics0.3 Computing0.4 Mathematics0.5 Popular culture0.6 Miscellaneous1 See also Anatomy Orbit (anatomy), the socket in the skull which ac..
Orbit (dynamics)
In the study of dynamical systems, an orbit is a collection of points related by time evolution. The points of the orbit will be a subset of the phase or state space of the dynamical system. If the dynamical system is a map, the orbit is a sequence and if the dynamical system is a flow, the orbit..
Orbit (gum)
Orbit is a brand of sugarless chewing gum from the Wrigley Company. In the United States (where it was launched in 2001 [link]), it is sold in brightly-colored cardboard boxes with the slogan "just brushed clean feeling", with 14 individually-wrapped pieces of gum per package. In the UK (..
Orbit (irrigation)
Orbit Irrigation Products, Inc, located in Salt Lake City, UT, is a manufacturer and supplier of irrigation products for residential and commercial markets and has been in business for over 30 years. It boasts distribution of over 2,000 products to 40 countries on 5 continents. Product line Orbit..
Orbit (the anthology series)
Orbit is a long-running series of anthologies of new fiction edited by Damon Knight; often featuring work by such writers as Gene Wolfe, Joanna Russ, R. A. Lafferty, and Kate Wilhelm, who was married to Knight. The anthologies tended toward the avant-garde edge of science fiction, but by no means e..
Orbit (UGA bus route)
Orbit is a bus route of the University of Georgia Campus Transit system. The UGA Campus Transit system carries a greater volume of passengers than any other university transit system in the United States. Orbit is the most popular route of the system, probably due to its direct service from the Ta..
Orbit attitude and maneuvering system
The Orbit Attitude and Maneuvering System or OAMS was a propulsion system used in orbit by the Gemini spacecraft. Adapted from publication: [On Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini] (Hacker, Barton C., and James M. Grimwood. NASA SP-4203, 1977, reprinted 2002): Besides lettin..
Orbit equation
In astrodynamics an orbit equation defines the path of orbiting body [m_2\,\!] around central body [m_1\,\!] relative to [m_1\,\!], without specifying position as a function of time. Under standard assumptions, a body moving under the influence of a force, directed to a..
Orbit Express Airlines
Orbit Express Airlines (Orex) is a cargo airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2003 and started operations in April 2003 and operates on international routes to the Far East and Europe. Its main base is Ataturk International Airport (IST), Istanbul. Code Data IATA Code: XWICAO C..
Orbit insertion
Orbit insertion is a maneuver performed by an inter-planetary spacecraft designed to allow the spacecraft to be captured into orbit around a planet or other body such as a moon. The spacecraft approaches the planet at a speed greater than the escape velocity of the planet. The spacecraft must reduce..
Orbit News
Orbit News is a 24 hour satellite and cable channel offering American news programming to viewers abroad. The network i svailable on digital satellite and cable in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Contents 1 Background2 Shows on Orbit News3 Reception details4 External links Ba..
Orbit phasing
In astrodynamics orbital phasing is the adjustment of the time-position of spacecraft along its orbit, usually described as adjusting the orbiting spacecraft's true anomaly. Orbit phasing is required for a successful approach to a space station in a docking maneuver. See also Orbital maneuverDockin..
Orbit Publications
Orbit Publications was a publishing house operated by Rae Herman known for its comic books of the 1940s and 1950s "Golden Age of Comic Books". Its titles included The Westerner (featuring Wild Bill Pecos), Love Diary, Patches and Wanted Comics, and contributing artists included Syd Shores, Bernard K..
Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network
Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network was the world’s first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television service, providing perfect sound and picture quality at all times. With digital technology able to support a total of 39 television and 20 radio channels, Orbit’s premiu..
Orbivirus
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Orbix
Orbix is a CORBA ORB (Object Resource Broker) - a commercial software product which helps programmers build distributed applications. Orbix is an implementation of the OMG's (Object Management Group) CORBA Specification. Orbix emerged from research carried out at the Computer Science Department's ..
Orbix Xaxis
Orbix Xaxis was the Most High Guardian of Night in the Edge Chronicles. He overthrew Vox Verlix, and commanded the fortess school, the Tower of Night, on New Sanctaphrax. As a sky-scholar, he believed that the lightning bolt of a Great Storm would heal the new Sanctaphrax rock, which was crumbling f..
Orblivion
Orblivion is a 1997 album by The Orb released by Island Records. It is known as one of the most popular electronic albums of the 1990s and some of The Orb's "best music of its career". It is characterized by a trippy vibe and "jazzy mid-tempo grooves" as described by Jim DeRogatis. Track listin..
Orbona
In Roman mythology, Orbona was the goddess who granted new children to parents who had become childless. ..
Orbost, Victoria
Orbost ([37°42′S 148°27′E]) is a town of approximately 2000 inhabitants (2001 census) in the East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located 375km east of Melbourne where the Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. It is about 16km from the village of Marlo on the coast of Bass S..
Orbost Airport
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Orbost railway line
Railway connecting Bairnsdale and Orbost in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The railway opened in 1916 and operated until 1987, principally carrying timber and farming produce. In the early days of the railway's operation dedicated passenger trains ran but these ceased by the 1930..
ORBS
One of the first DNSBL was Alan Brown's Open Relay Behavior-modification System (ORBS). This used automated testing to discover and list mail servers running as open mail relays—exploitable by spammers to carry their spam. ORBS was controversial at the time because many people felt running an ..
Orbsong
The Orbsong is the basis of a belief system that finds its roots in the Music of the Spheres (of which its name is a variant), Jung's study of comparetive mythology and the collective unconscious, and Hegel's World Spirit. Despite being by nature a cult, it has no known proclaimed followers. It ar..
Orbs and Digital Photography
Orbs and Digital photography The introduction of digital photography has seen a rise in the production and therefore the awareness of orbs on photographs. Orbs have always been produced on film cameras too, but due to the mechanical differences between the two technologies orbs are more prevale..
Orbulon
[[Image:Orbulon.JPG|right|thumb|Orbulon, as seen in [[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$]]]] Orbulon is a fictional character in Nintendo's WarioWare, Inc. series of video games. He is superintelligent by Earth standards, but has difficulty with the English language (according to the WarioWare, Inc.: ..
Orbus Terrarum
Orbus Terrarum is a 1995 album by The Orb released on Island Records. Music critic Douglas Wolk of Salon.com describes it as "an earthier, less spacy ambient record, more devoted to mapping the sounds at hand". Tracklist Valley (7:36)Plateau (13:18)Oxbow Lakes (7:28)Montagne D'or (Der Gute Berg)..
Orb (Charmed)
Orbing is the magical form of teleportation used by Whitelighters and Elders by those who are Charmed. An orb on Charmed is a ball of blue light, which accompanies Whitelighters in many forms, most commonly teleportation. Darklighter orbs are black. Gideon's orbs were purple. In some hybrids orb..
Orb (paranormal)
Orbs is the popular name given to (typically) circular anomalies appearing in photographs. In photography and video, orbs appear to be balls, diamonds, or smears of light with an apparent size in the image ranging from a golfball to a basketball. Orbs sometimes appear to be in motion, leaving a tra..
Orb (video game)
Orb is an action/adventure video game being developed by Crossbeam Studios Entertainment (CSE) for Nintendo's Wii. Contents 1 History2 Story3 Characters4 Gameplay5 Graphics6 News Stories7 External links History The storyline behind Orb started as a serie..
Orb Books
Orb Books is a publishing imprint of Tor Books. Orb Books specialises in trade paperback reprints of science fiction and fantasy works of especial merit which are unavailable in mass market paperback. Authors published by Orb Poul AndersonSteven BrustOrson Scott CardJonathan CarrollStorm Constanti..
Orb Drive
The Orb Drive is a 3.5" removable hard disk drive. It was introduced by Castlewood Systems in 1999. The Orb Drive's original capacity was 2.2 GB. A later version of the drive, introduced in 2001, increased the capacity to 5.7 GB. Contents 1 2.2 GB Drive Specifications2 5...
ORB Military Ranks
Orb military ranks are shown below. This is in reference to the anime series Gundam SEED and all its related spin-offs and sequals. Commissioned Officers GeneralBrigadier GeneralColonelLieutenant ColonelMajorCaptainFirst LieutenantSecond Lieutenant Noncommissioned Officers Sergeant MajorMaster ..
Orb of Agamotto
The 'Orb of Agamotto is magical item in the Marvel Comics universe. It is a powerful scrying device owned and used by Doctor Strange. External Link [The Orb of Agamotto at DrStrange.nl] ..
Orb of Aldur
The Orb of Aldur is a very special blue-hued rock in the fictional series The Belgariad by David Eddings. It was crafted from a riverstone by the god Aldur. The reasons behind his crafting are not made clear, but the Orb is irrevocably bonded to the direct descendants of Riva, the first king of the ..
Orb of Chatham
'The Orb of Chatham' is a 2005 graphic novel, by Bob Staake. [Video Interviews with Orb of Chatham Author Bob Staake] ..
Orb of Light
The Orb of Light (Ball of Light in American versions of Dragon Warrior I) was given to Erdrick/Loto in Dragon Quest III. He used it to weaken the Demonking Zoma. Afterwards the Orb of Light rested in Tantegel Castle where it kept monsters at bay. Eventually the Orb was stolen by the Dragonlord. ..
Orb River
Orb River in Béziers The Orb is a 145 km long stream in the Hérault département of Southern France that flows into the Mediterranean Sea, in Valras-Plage. The river flows through Béziers and crosses the canal du Midi. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] ..
Þorbjörn hornklofi
Þorbjörn hornklofi was a 9th century Norwegian poet. He was the court poet of King Harald Fairhair. His preserved works are: Glymdrápa - A drápa on King Harald.Hrafnsmál - Another poem on King Harald, this one uses the málaháttr metre.One lausavísa. Glymdrápa is the oldest dróttkvætt pr..
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