Chandra has an elliptical orbit which takes it more than 138,000 kilometers from Earth and then back to within 9600 kilometers of Earth. Chandra travels more than one-third of the way to the Moon with each orbit!
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Chandra
Synonyms for "chandra" (7 found)
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Noun(2 words)
chandra telescopechandra x-ray observatory
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
deitygiven name
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
lunar deitymoon godpersonal name
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1 entriesX-ray telescope
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6 entriesChandra X-ray ObservatoryChandra family nameChandra given nameChandra lunar deityChandra surnameHindu moon god Chandra
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1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesgiven namepersonal name
Sample sentences
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Chandra records observations of the universe in the high-energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Chandra has the ability to record X-rays from clouds of gas with temperatures measuring in the millions of degrees.
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Chandra means "moon" in Sanskrit.
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