FOCAL (spacecraft)

Fast Outgoing Cyclopean Astronomical Lens (FOCAL) is a proposed space telescope that would use the Sun as a gravity lens. ^[1]

17 relations: Albert Einstein, Astronomical unit, Claudio Maccone, Cosmic infrared background, Exoplanet, Gravitational constant, Gravitational wave, Heliosphere, Interplanetary dust cloud, Interstellar medium, Milky Way, Parallax, Solar System, Space telescope, Spherical aberration, Springer Science+Business Media, Sun.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Albert Einstein · See more »

Astronomical unit

The astronomical unit (symbol: au, ua, or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Astronomical unit · See more »

Claudio Maccone

Claudio Maccone (born 6 February 1948, Torino, Italy) is an Italian SETI astronomer, space scientist and mathematician.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Claudio Maccone · See more »

Cosmic infrared background

Cosmic infrared background is infrared radiation caused by stellar dust.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Cosmic infrared background · See more »

Exoplanet

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Exoplanet · See more »

The gravitational constant (also known as the "universal gravitational constant", the "Newtonian constant of gravitation", or the "Cavendish gravitational constant"), denoted by the letter, is an empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of gravitational effects in Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation and in Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Gravitational constant · See more »

Gravitational wave

Gravitational waves are the disturbance in the fabric ("curvature") of spacetime generated by accelerated masses and propagate as waves outward from their source at the speed of light.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Gravitational wave · See more »

Heliosphere

The heliosphere is the bubble-like region of space dominated by the Sun, which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Heliosphere · See more »

Interplanetary dust cloud

The interplanetary dust cloud, or zodiacal cloud, consists of cosmic dust (small particles floating in outer space) that pervades the space between planets in the Solar System and other planetary systems.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Interplanetary dust cloud · See more »

Interstellar medium

In astronomy, the interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Interstellar medium · See more »

Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Milky Way · See more »

Parallax

Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Parallax · See more »

Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Solar System · See more »

Space telescope

A space telescope or space observatory is an instrument located in outer space to observe distant planets, galaxies and other astronomical objects.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Space telescope · See more »

Spherical aberration

Spherical aberration is an optical effect observed in an optical device (lens, mirror, etc.) that occurs due to the increased refraction of light rays when they strike a lens or a reflection of light rays when they strike a mirror near its edge, in comparison with those that strike close to the centre.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Spherical aberration · See more »

Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media or Springer, part of Springer Nature since 2015, is a global publishing company that publishes books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Springer Science+Business Media · See more »

Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

New!!: FOCAL (spacecraft) and Sun · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOCAL_(spacecraft)

Unionpedia is a concept map or semantic network organized like an encyclopedia – dictionary. It gives a brief definition of each concept and its relationships.

This is a giant online mental map that serves as a basis for concept diagrams. It's free to use and each article or document can be downloaded. It's a tool, resource or reference for study, research, education, learning or teaching, that can be used by teachers, educators, pupils or students; for the academic world: for school, primary, secondary, high school, middle, technical degree, college, university, undergraduate, master's or doctoral degrees; for papers, reports, projects, ideas, documentation, surveys, summaries, or thesis. Here is the definition, explanation, description, or the meaning of each significant on which you need information, and a list of their associated concepts as a glossary. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Swedish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Catalan, Czech, Hebrew, Danish, Finnish, Indonesian, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Greek, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Filipino, Latvian, Estonian and Slovenian. More languages soon.

All the information was extracted from Wikipedia, and it's available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Unionpedia is not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

Google Play, Android and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google Inc.