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- not man-made. Such objects are often called moons. The term is normally used ... The large gas giants have extensive systems of natural satellites ...19 KB (2,634 words) - 22:00, 30 June 2025
- Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is the third largest ... [[File:Uranian moon montage.png|500px|center|thumb|Major moons of ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- became famous for discovering the planet Uranus. He also discovered infrared ... Born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Hanover, Germany, Herschel was ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. When an eclipse occurs ... the occulting object, as it blocks the light of the star as seen from the more ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- largest by mass. It is 17 times the mass of Earth and slightly more massive ... ) is a stylized version of Poseidon's Trident. Neptune's ...30 KB (4,399 words) - 23:31, 30 June 2025
- after Jupiter. Saturn has a prominent system of rings, consisting mostly of ... it as a miniature Solar System, with objects of various sizes orbiting it. ...26 KB (3,935 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes.] ... Working Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical ...37 KB (5,407 words) - 12:38, 7 March 2026
- Jupiter and the other gas giants—Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are sometimes ... planets combined, so massive that its center of mass with the Sun actually ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 15:37, 28 February 2025
- discovered. Approximately one-fifth the mass of the Earth's Moon, Pluto ... because they are closer in size than any of the other known celestial pair ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 12:55, 7 March 2026
- is the home stellar system for human beings and all known forms of ... (including Pluto) with their four known moons, and billions of small bodies ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- Most asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc or ... Hundreds of thousands of asteroids have been discovered within the ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 05:10, 18 August 2023
- , Okeanos (Oceanus) in Greek) is a major body of saline water, and ... The world ocean, an integral part of global climate, is constantly ...25 KB (3,710 words) - 18:53, 31 July 2025
- from slightly different viewpoints to each of the viewer's eyes, merge ... Almost from the invention of the telescope in the seventeenth century ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 17:52, 31 October 2023
- An aurora is a natural display of glowing light in the night sky, ... combines the name Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn, with the word Boreas ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- A dominant feature of most planetariums is the large, dome-shaped ... The celestial scenes can be created using a wide variety of technologies ...27 KB (4,140 words) - 12:39, 7 March 2026
- Planetary habitability is the measure of a planet's or a natural ... An absolute requirement for life is an energy source, and the notion ...54 KB (8,172 words) - 12:40, 7 March 2026
- [[Image:Glieseupdated.jpg|thumb|235px|right|Artist's impression ... Extraterrestrial life is the term used to define any form of life ...28 KB (4,265 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
