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Enstatite
Enstatite En"sta*tite, n. [Named fr. Gr. ? an adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe.] (Min.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.

Meaning of Statite from wikipedia

- A statite (a portmanteau of the words static and satellite) is a hypothetical type of artificial satellite that employs a solar sail to continuously modify...
- consisting of an enormous mirror/light sail—actually a m****ive type of solar statite large enough to classify as a megastructure—which would balance gravitational...
- their territory, but the claims gained no international recognition. A statite is a hypothetical satellite that uses radiation pressure from the sun against...
- desired longitude, the spacecraft's period is restored to geosynchronous. A statite is a hypothetical satellite that uses radiation pressure from the Sun against...
- such as time travel and negative matter. He was issued a patent for the statite, and contributed to a concept to drain the Van Allen Belts. Forward's extensive...
- Spomified asteroid Stanford torus Starlifting St****ed launcher StarTram Statite Stellar engine Sun scoop Terraforming Terrascope Thermonuclear micro-bomb...
- to either the Sun or the Earth, a type of satellite named by Forward a "statite". This is possible because the propulsion provided by the sail offsets...
- input other than that of the Sun, and so can be used indefinitely. See statite for one such proposed use. Orbital decay can occur due to tidal forces...
- temperature directly. The 125 km radius mirror could be positioned as a statite, using its effectiveness as a solar sail to orbit in a stationary position...
- solar pressure to balance the gravitational forces, in practice becoming a statite. Other modifications to the L1 solar shade design have also been suggested...