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- | discovered = 24 February 2009 | aphelion = 1.7361 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] ...19 KB (2,431 words) - 21:09, 13 February 2025
- | discovered = 4 October 2012 | aphelion = 1.8786 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] ...25 KB (3,174 words) - 22:44, 14 January 2024
- | discovered = 3 August 1998 | aphelion = 2.8048 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] ...15 KB (1,743 words) - 02:53, 8 February 2025
- {{Short description|Variable star in the constellation Hydra}} '''U Hydrae''' is a single<ref name=Eggleton2008/> [[star]] in the [[celestial equator|equatorial]] [[constellation]] of [[Hydra (constell ...10 KB (1,315 words) - 17:14, 1 January 2025
- {{Short description|Multiple star system in the constellation Puppis}} ...41700''' is a star system that lies approximately 88 [[light-years]] away in the constellation of Puppis. The system consists of two bright stars where ...20 KB (2,675 words) - 02:35, 16 August 2024
- {{short description|Luminous blue variable star in the constellation Sagittarius}} ...= 1403.5298|title = Nature Versus Nurture: Luminous Blue Variable Nebulae in and Near Massive Stellar Clusters at the Galactic Center|journal=The Astrop ...13 KB (1,939 words) - 23:07, 14 August 2024
- ...[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 ...13 KB (1,633 words) - 17:25, 30 December 2024
- {{short description|Star in the constellation Cygnus}} ...tars|massive]] cool hypergiants, as well as one of the most luminous stars in the [[Milky Way]]. ...23 KB (3,302 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2025
- {{short description|Astronomical object not gravitationally bound to a star}} ...2I/Borisov]] comet, the second confirmed interstellar object, photographed in late-2019 beside a distant galaxy]] ...54 KB (7,198 words) - 07:42, 6 January 2025
- ...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.]] ...43 KB (5,961 words) - 01:01, 12 February 2025
- ...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 ...34 KB (5,050 words) - 01:19, 24 September 2024
- {{Short description|Ringed dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt}} | discovered = 4 June 2002 ...77 KB (9,654 words) - 19:13, 27 January 2025
- ...ly form of [[Cave painting|cave markings]] and drawings, [[calendar]]s and astronomical symbols. Then books and written records became the main source of informati ...previous models, thus, the early models are kept track of by intellectuals in astronomy, an extended progress from trying to perfect the [[Geocentric orb ...65 KB (9,721 words) - 13:09, 16 February 2025
- ...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 ...61 KB (8,592 words) - 01:54, 20 January 2025
- {{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 ...44 KB (6,745 words) - 19:31, 16 February 2025
- ...|PR]]; and [[Ondrejov Observatory]], Ondřejov, [[Czech Republic|CZ]]. <!-- In addition to those institutions, team members were affiliated with < ! - - ¿ | discovered = 20 November 2003 ...53 KB (6,957 words) - 00:44, 18 December 2024
- ...[[Ptolemy's table of chords|calculation of chords]], while mathematicians in India created the earliest-known tables of values for trigonometric ratios Throughout history, trigonometry has been applied in areas such as [[geodesy]], [[surveying]], [[celestial mechanics]], and [[na ...50 KB (7,134 words) - 04:00, 2 February 2025
- ...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. ...146 KB (19,044 words) - 18:45, 20 January 2025
- {{About|the term's use in physics}} |caption2=Gamma rays are emitted during [[nuclear fission]] in nuclear explosions. ...60 KB (8,880 words) - 18:06, 15 February 2025
- {{Short description|System consisting of two black holes in close orbit around each other}} ...binary''', is an [[astronomical object]] consisting of two [[black hole]]s in close orbit around each other. Like black holes themselves, binary black ho ...37 KB (5,228 words) - 02:24, 21 February 2025