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...body's path. It is usually given in days or years. The term is mostly used in the discovery and tracking of [[asteroids]] and [[comets]]. Arc length has ...to determine if the object was in orbit around the Earth, or orbiting out in the [[asteroid belt]]. With a 1-day observation arc, {{mpl|2004 PR|107}} wa ...

...here]]s to the evolution of [[Galaxy|galaxies]]. From 2010 until his death in late 2015 he was an [[emeritus]] professor of [[astronomy]] at the [[Univer ...ies. In 1964 Spinrad was invited to return to Berkeley as a professor, and in 1968 he received tenure.<ref name="oral_history"/><ref name="berkeley_astro ...

{{short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia}} ...after [[Paolo Maffei]], who discovered it and the neighboring [[Maffei 2]] in 1967 via their [[infrared]] emissions. ...

| discovered = 3 August 1998 | aphelion = 2.8048 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] ...

{{Short description|Concept in astronomy}} ...ndicative of the presence of a central mass. The ''M–σ'' relation is shown in blue.]] ...

{{Short description|Astronomical problem concerning the age of the universe}} ...nally, objects such as galaxies, stars, and planets could not have existed in the extreme temperatures and densities shortly after the [[Big Bang]]. ...

| discovered = 13 November 2005 ...ems formed similarly, most likely by a [[Impact event|giant impact]] early in the Solar System's history.<ref name="Brown2023"/> Compared to Orcus, Vanth ...

{{Short description|Star in the constellation Aquila}} ...olved stars: Application to HD 179821|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=388|issue=2|pages=716|last1=Nordhaus|first1=J.|last2=Minchev ...

...[Ellis R. Lippincott Award]] {{small|(1998)}}<br/>[[E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy]] {{small|(2002)}}<br/>[[Davy Medal]] {{small|(2004)}} ...is a Japanese-American [[spectroscopist]] and [[astronomer]] specializing in the field of [[galactic astronomy]], known as a pioneer of [[astrochemistry ...

...C/2012 S1''', was a [[sungrazing comet]] from the [[Oort cloud]] which was discovered on 21 September 2012 by [[Vitaly Nevsky]] (Віталь Неўскі, [[Vitebsk]], [[Be The discovery was made using the {{convert|0.4|m|in|adj=on|sp=us}} [[reflecting telescope|reflector]] of the [[International Sc ...

{{Short description|Binary brown dwarf system in the constellation Vela}} | image = [[File:Two Brown Dwarfs in Our Backyard.jpg|330px|alt=Luhman 16]] ...

...l measurement, but it provides a way to measure the masses of astronomical objects without requiring assumptions about their composition or dynamical state. ...laxies. The distortion shown here is greatly exaggerated relative to real astronomical systems.]] ...

{{Short description|Large collections of gas found in the galactic halo of the Milky Way}} ...Cs around the Andromeda Galaxy, but this treats the phenomena as Milky Way objects|date= April 2013}} ...

...body]] of the [[Solar System]] – thus completing a full cycle of [[season|astronomical season]]s. For example, it is the time from [[March equinox|vernal equinox] ...around the Sun as measured with respect to the [[fixed stars]], resulting in a duration of 20 [[minute (time)|minute]]s longer than the tropical year, b ...

...e:Barnard2005.gif|thumb|[[Barnard's Star]], showing position every 5 years in the period 1985–2005. Barnard's Star is the star with the highest [[proper In [[astronomy]], '''stellar kinematics''' is the [[Observational astronomy|ob ...

{{short description|Set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit}} ...ngs and small ring moons. Further to the right large round moons are shown in order of their distance.| caption1 = Saturn, its rings and major icy moons— ...

{{Short description|Fundamental quantity in physics}} ...pg|thumb|right|[[Léon Foucault|Foucault]]'s [[Foucault pendulum|pendulum]] in the [[Panthéon, Paris|Panthéon]] of [[Paris]] can measure [[time]] as well ...

|publisher=IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ...enin20111025.html (Backup link)]</ref> Comet Elenin started disintegrating in August 2011,<ref name="UT2011-08"/> and as of mid-October 2011 was not visi ...

...ts z~10.4-13.2. The most distant galaxies at z=13.20 and z=12.63 are newly discovered by JADES NIRCam imaging, while the z=10.38 and z=11.58 galaxies confirm pre ...astronomical objects discovered and verified so far, and the time periods in which they were so classified. ...