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IRAS
abbreviation for
- Infrared Astronomical Satellite, a pioneering international earth-orbiting satellite that during 1983 made an all-sky survey at infrared wavelengths
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So far astronomers have struggled to image an analogue of the asteroid belt—we can still detect such features only through their excess infrared light, as we did in the early days with IRAS.
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The most striking effect that astronomers could see is likely a slight perturbation in the streak of light that traces IRAS' orbit, Turnshek said.
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She faints on the body of Antony, and is recalled to life by the cries of her women:— IRAS.
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Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMION, IRAS, and Train O madam, I have seen what blasts my eyes!
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IRAS, by the way, was a joint mission involving NASA, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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