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Orbiting Solar Observatory

(Encyclopedia)Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO), series of eight orbiting observatories (see observatory, orbiting) launched between 1962 and 1971 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study...

Merry Mount

(Encyclopedia)Merry Mount: see Morton, Thomas.

Merapi, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Merapi, Mount məräˈpē [key] [Indonesian=mountain of fire], volcano, 9,551 ft (2,911 m) high, central Java, Indonesia, 20 mi (32 km) NNE of Yogyakarta. It is the most active of Indonesia's many vol...

McKinley, Mount

(Encyclopedia)McKinley, Mount, peak, Alaska: see Denali. ...

Rinjani, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rinjani, Mount, volcano, Indonesia: see Lombok. ...

Alexandra, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Alexandra, Mount, E Africa: see Ruwenzori, mts. ...

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