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- | discovered = 5 April 2000 | alt_names = {{mp|2000 GL|74}}{{·}}1973 VM ...12 KB (1,434 words) - 00:05, 19 January 2024
- | discovered = 2021 ...cting exoplanets#Transit photometry|transiting exoplanets]] and are rarely discovered with other methods. Another example of a non-transiting exoplanet discovery ...12 KB (1,683 words) - 07:58, 5 October 2024
- {{Short description|Small temporary satellite of Earth that impacted in 2015}} | discovered = {{Ubl ...17 KB (2,409 words) - 11:50, 26 January 2025
- {{short description|Star in the constellation Cygnus}} ...07-2013)|journal=VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S|volume=1|display-authors=etal|last1=Samus|first1=N. N. ...10 KB (1,434 words) - 10:15, 17 February 2025
- {{short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia}} ...after [[Paolo Maffei]], who discovered it and the neighboring [[Maffei 2]] in 1967 via their [[infrared]] emissions. ...15 KB (2,150 words) - 07:48, 1 November 2024
- | discovered = 3 August 1998 | aphelion = 2.8048 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] ...15 KB (1,743 words) - 02:53, 8 February 2025
- | discovered = 13 October 2015<br />{{small|(first observed only)}} ...ement in March 2018, it was the third most distant observed natural object in the [[Solar System]], after [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] and {{mpl|2014 UZ| ...17 KB (2,296 words) - 22:06, 23 January 2025
- {{Short description|1944 nova in the constellation Telescopium}} | appmag_v = ≈12 (in 2013)<ref name=AAVSO/> ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 02:38, 19 May 2024
- {{Short description|Concept in astronomy}} ...ndicative of the presence of a central mass. The ''M–σ'' relation is shown in blue.]] ...13 KB (1,932 words) - 18:57, 1 March 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|Star in the constellation Aquila}} ...astian|first7=U.|last8=Schwekendiek|first8=P.|last9=Wicenec|first9=A.|year=2000|doi=10.1888/0333750888/2862|isbn=0333750888}}</ref> {{nowrap|(7.83 - 8.23<r ...20 KB (2,791 words) - 08:06, 7 October 2024
- {{short description|Binary star in the constellation Carina}} |caption=Location of WR 30a (circled in red) ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:26, 11 January 2025
- ...[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|Dwarf planet in the scattered-disc}} | discovered = 17 July 2007 ...74 KB (9,249 words) - 11:02, 1 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
- ...microorganisms into space to be used as [[introduced species]] on other [[astronomical object]]s. ...Seeding the Universe with Life: Securing Our Cosmological Future | year = 2000 | location = Washington D. C. | isbn = 978-0476003309 | url = http://www.a ...40 KB (5,663 words) - 14:14, 5 December 2024
- ...to the lower-right (cooler and less bright), called the [[main sequence]]. In the lower-left is where [[white dwarf]]s are found, and above the main sequ ...pendently in 1911 by [[Ejnar Hertzsprung]] and by [[Henry Norris Russell]] in 1913, and represented a major step towards an understanding of [[stellar ev ...23 KB (3,294 words) - 02:42, 18 July 2024
- ...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|Comet that had a close encounter with Mars in 2014}} {{For|other comets discovered by the Siding Spring Observatory|Comet Siding Spring (disambiguation)}} ...40 KB (5,145 words) - 19:42, 5 February 2025