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• While the life of components in orbit may be as low as a few days, quick passage through the radiation belt has little effect.

• The orbital periods of these stars can be as short as a few years.

• In this case a total of 200 shots is all that can be expected.

• Ethane theoretically possesses an indefinite number of conformations; however if ... , there are but two significant conformations.

• Other embryonic movements are no more than (or are mere) preludes to adult behaviour.

• The factor s leads to nothing more than a decrease in scattering and therefore is generally ignored.

• The innermost portion of the ring is a mere 7,000 miles above Saturn's face.

• A stationary electron in a uniform magnetic field has just two distinct energy levels.

• Tool-changing time can be as little as two seconds.

• Such a backup system can operate for weeks on as few as three or four "penlight" batteries.

• Scale differences of only 1 -2% can cause a loss of ...

• He found that as soon as 20 minutes later the level had fallen greatly.

• Rocks as young as 40,000 years may also be dated by this method.