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Subject has purpose has location has launch date has angular resolving power has approximately elliptical orbit has launch vehicle has wavelength sensitivity is a kind of has effective diameter has orbital period has launch location has focal ratio has aperture has definition have orbit decay date has orbital inclination has ground communication station has attitude control orbit

artificial satellite or center of gravity satellite a satellite made by humans which is gravitationaly bound and in orbit of a larger physical object a more massive physical object

fusion device or center of gravity instrument

high energy detector or center of gravity instrument Device for recording the presence of subatomic particles. A typical modem detector consists of an array of electronic sensors connected to a computer, capable of recording the paths of the particles as they fly out from the collision site in a particle accelerator.

optical device or center of gravity instrument

particle accelerator or center of gravity instrument A machine for speeding subatomic particles to high velocity, then colliding them with a stationary target or with another beam of particles moving in the opposite direction. (In the latter instance, the machine may be called a collider.) At velocities approaching that of light the mass of the particles increases dramatically, adding greatly to the energy released on impact. The resulting explosion promotes the production of exotic particles, which are analyzed according to their behavior as they fly away through a particle detector.

telescope observe celestial objects instrument A device for gathering and amplifying light or X rays, gamma rays, or other forms of energy.

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Subject	has purpose	has location	has launch date	has angular resolving power	has approximately elliptical orbit	has launch vehicle	has wavelength sensitivity	is a kind of	has effective diameter	has orbital period	has launch location	has focal ratio	has aperture	has definition	have orbit decay date	has orbital inclination	has ground communication station	has attitude control	orbit
artificial satellite		or center of gravity						satellite						a satellite made by humans which is gravitationaly bound and in orbit of a larger physical object					a more massive physical object
fusion device		or center of gravity						instrument
high energy detector		or center of gravity						instrument						Device for recording the presence of subatomic particles. A typical modem detector consists of an array of electronic sensors connected to a computer, capable of recording the paths of the particles as they fly out from the collision site in a particle accelerator.
optical device		or center of gravity						instrument
particle accelerator		or center of gravity						instrument						A machine for speeding subatomic particles to high velocity, then colliding them with a stationary target or with another beam of particles moving in the opposite direction. (In the latter instance, the machine may be called a collider.) At velocities approaching that of light the mass of the particles increases dramatically, adding greatly to the energy released on impact. The resulting explosion promotes the production of exotic particles, which are analyzed according to their behavior as they fly away through a particle detector.
telescope	observe celestial objects							instrument						A device for gathering and amplifying light or X rays, gamma rays, or other forms of energy.