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{{Short description|Outer moon of Uranus}} ...ef name="cneos-diameter"/> Given H {{=}} 13.7 and assuming an albedo range of 0.04–0.10, the diameter range is {{val|8|-|12|u=km}}.}}<br>8 km<ref name="S ...

{{Short description|Outer moon of Neptune}} ...f name="MPEC-2024-D114"/> S/2002 N 5 orbits Neptune at an average distance of over {{convert|23|e6km|e6mi|abbr=unit}} and takes almost 9 Earth years to c ...

{{Short description|Ratio of gravitational forces on a satellite from the Sun and host planet}} ...ral satellite]]. The term was coined by [[Isaac Asimov]] in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' in 1963.<ref name="Asimov">{{cite book |first ...

{{Short description|Outer moon of Neptune}} ...ef name="cneos-diameter"/> Given H {{=}} 12.1 and assuming an albedo range of 0.04–0.10, the diameter range is {{val|16|-|25|u=km}}.}}<br>14 km<ref name= ...

{{short description|Set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit}} ...wn in order of their distance.| caption1 = Saturn, its rings and major icy moons—from Mimas to Rhea.}} ...

...tude and latitude. The [[prime meridian]] is the centre of the [[near side of the Moon]].]] ...Planetocentric and planetographic coordinates }}</ref> is a generalization of the [[geographic coordinate system|geographic]], [[geodetic coordinate syst ...

...mb|510x510px|Though differing in size and temperature, terrestrial planets of the Solar System were reported to have high Earth Similarity Index values – ...It was designed to be a scale from zero to one, with Earth having a value of one; this is meant to simplify planet comparisons from large databases. ...

| caption = Artist's conception of the Kepler-46 system showing the two planets. Planet b transits its star, t ...ub>10</sub> of the relative abundance of iron in the measured star to that of the Sun.</ref> ...

...n]], [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]]. Jupiter's diameter is about 11 times that of the Earth's and the Sun's diameter is about 10 times Jupiter's. The planets ...ource of information that expressed the way the people of the time thought of the Solar System. ...

{{short description|Temperature of a planet when approximated as radiating as a black body}} ...heated only by its parent [[star]]. In this model, the presence or absence of an [[atmosphere]] (and therefore any [[greenhouse effect]]) is irrelevant, ...

{{Short description|The color of an astronomical object}} ...}}</ref> while the [[red giant]] and [[carbon star]] [[R Leporis]] has one of the largest, at +5.74.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VizieR |url=http://webviz.u-st ...

[[File:Pioneer 10-11 - P50 - fx.jpg|thumb|right|Helium vector magnetometer of [[Pioneer 10]] and [[Pioneer 11|11]] spacecraft]] ...ter boom of one of NASA's Voyager PIA21738.jpg|thumb|The magnetometer boom of a Voyager spacecraft, the boom allows the magnetometer to make observations ...

{{Short description|Escape of gases from the atmosphere}} ...=37386726|issn=0036-8075}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Evolution of the atmosphere|last=Walker, James Callan Gray.|date=1977|publisher=Macmilla ...

...flection of the vertical]] due to the [[gravity|gravitational attraction]] of a nearby mountain. Schiehallion was considered the ideal location after a s ...mb|350px|alt=A view across green fields to a mountain rising behind a line of trees. Its flanks are bare, and the mountain shows a distinctly symmetrical ...

...y (LIBS)]] to accurately characterize the physical and chemical properties of these particles. ...d by [[triangulation (surveying)|triangulation]]. Atmospheric entry speeds of up to 72,000&nbsp;m/s have been observed for [[Leonid meteor shower|Leonid] ...

...cademic.oup.com/mnras/article/527/4/11521/7511973 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=527 |issue=4 |pages=11521–11538 |doi ...=http://www.solarviews.com/eng/neptune.htm |title=Neptune |publisher=Views of the Solar System |access-date=13 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archi ...

| caption = Low-resolution [[Hubble Space Telescope]] image of Quaoar and its moon [[Weywot]], February 2006 ...uaoar (mythology)|Qua-o-ar / Kwawar]]<ref name="Schmadel2006"/><br/>(deity of the [[Tongva people]]) ...

{{Short description|Branch of astronomy}} ...trum.jpg|thumb|Composite of a [[scanning electron microscope]] (SEM) photo of a dust particle collected by [[NASA]] in the [[stratosphere]] together with ...

{{History of the Netherlands}} The following list is composed of objects, concepts, phenomena and processes that were discovered or invented ...

{{Short description|States of matter for water as a solid}} ...svg|thumb|[[Semi-log plot|Log-lin]] pressure-temperature [[phase diagram]] of water. The [[Roman numeral]]s correspond to some ice phases listed below.]] ...