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cosmic microwave background Cosmic Background Explorer Three views of the infrared universe by the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite.In the view of the full sky (top), radiation represented by the S-shaped blue area is emitted by dust in the solar system. When that light is removed (middle), light from dust in the Milky Way (the band at the centre) and Magellanic Clouds (lower right) remains. A uniform field of cosmic infrared background radiation is revealed when the galactic light is removed (bottom); the dark line at the centre is an artifact of the filtering process.
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The orbits of the planets and other elements of the solar system, including asteroids, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, comet
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Cosmic Background Explorer: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Invalidated site: NASA's website on COBE. Feb 25, 2019
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Cosmic Background Explorer. Nov 25, 2011
Added reduced map of cosmic microwave background fluctuations. Apr 08, 2010
Media added. Sep 08, 2009
handled for the cross-ref removal 11 cluster Mar 13, 2009
New article added. Nov 19, 2007
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