GIOVE

GIOVE [ˈdʒɔve], or Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element, is the name for two satellites built for the European Space Agency (ESA) to test technology in orbit for the Galileo positioning system.

Giove is the Italian word for "Jupiter". The name was chosen as a tribute to Galileo Galilei, who discovered the first four natural satellites of Jupiter, and later discovered that they could be used as a universal clock to obtain the longitude of a point on the Earth's surface.

单词	GIOVE
释义	GIOVE 英语百科 GIOVE GIOVE [ˈdʒɔve], or Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element, is the name for two satellites built for the European Space Agency (ESA) to test technology in orbit for the Galileo positioning system. Giove is the Italian word for "Jupiter". The name was chosen as a tribute to Galileo Galilei, who discovered the first four natural satellites of Jupiter, and later discovered that they could be used as a universal clock to obtain the longitude of a point on the Earth's surface.
随便看	Ranging Pole ranging poles ranging pole support ranging pole tripod ranging radio positioning Ranging rod ranging set ranging shot ranging shot method ranging sieve rangingsonobuoy ranging system ranging theodolite Rangiora Rangiroa Atoll Rangit Rangitaiki Rangitaiki R. Rangitata Rangitata R. Rangitata River Rangitikei R. Rangitikei River Rangitoto Rangitoto Chan.