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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Extrasolar planet
an extrasolar planet or exoplanet is a planet that is beyond the solar system as of october...
Gas giant
this article refers to an astronomical phenomenon for the rock band see gas giants a gas giant sometimes also known as a jovian planet after the planet jupiter...
Double planet
...n moon charon are sometimes informally considered to be a double dwarf planet a double planet is an informal term used to describe two planet s that orbit each other about a common center...
History of astronomy
...ory of telescopes hebrew astronomy references aaboe asger episodes from the early history of astronomy springer verlag isbn aveni anthony f skywatchers of ancient mexico un...
Interplanetary travel
by definition interplanetary travel is travel between bodies in a given star system especially the solar system current ach...
Lagrangian point
of a two body system the sun and earth here showing the five lagrange points the lagrangian points pronounced l g n d i n or la g j also lagrange point...
Barnard's Star
Dyson sphere
a variant on dyson s original concept astronomical unit au in radius a dyson sphere or shell as it appeared in the original paper by freeman dyson is a hypothetical megastr...
Comet
a comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the sun and at least occasionally exhibits...
Kuiper belt
the kuiper belt ipa chart for english pronounced ka p is an area of the solar system extendi...
Astrobiology
astrobiology is the study of life in space combining aspects of astronomy biology and geology i...
Adrastea (moon)
Astronomer Royal
astronomer royal is a senior post in the royal household of the monarch sovereign of the united kingdo...
Freeman Dyson
...he is not related to early th century astronomer frank watson dyson however as a small boy freeman dyson was aware of frank watson dyson freeman credits the popularity of someone with the same last name wi...
Apparent magnitude
the apparent magnitude m of a star planet or other celestial body is a measurement measure of i...
Eccentricity
eccentric may refer to eccentricity mathematics a parameter associated with every conic section for the eccentricity of a vertex...
Explorer program
this article is about the space exploration program explorer program may also refer to the file browser of microsoft windows windows called windows explorer...
Kitt Peak National Observatory
the kitt peak national observatory kpno is a united states astronomy astronomical observatory located on a m...
Clyde Tombaugh
...in music album the avalanche by sufjan stevens includes a song titled for clyde tombaugh in the star trek universe there is a federation starship uss tombaugh named after the ast...
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