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28 relations: Apollo program, Astronomer, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Comet, David H. Levy, List of minor planet discoverers, List of numbered comets, Minor planet, Minor Planet Center, Norman G. Thomas, Northern Arizona University, Photometry (astronomy), Planetary geology, Robert A. Heinlein, Springer Science+Business Media, Surveyor program, United States Geological Survey, 121P/Shoemaker–Holt, 128P/Shoemaker–Holt, 4435 Holt, 4544 Xanthus, 4581 Asclepius, 5185 Alerossi, 5261 Eureka, 5642 Bobbywilliams, 6312 Robheinlein, 6726 Suthers, 9175 Graun.
Apollo program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
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Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.
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Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (born June 24, 1929) is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
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Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.
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David H. Levy
David H. Levy (born May 22, 1948) is a Canadian astronomer, science writer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994.
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List of minor planet discoverers
This is a list of all astronomers who are credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of one or several minor planets.
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List of numbered comets
This is a list of periodic comets that were numbered by the Minor Planet Center after having been observed on at least two occasions.
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Minor planet
A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet.
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Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official worldwide organization in charge of collecting observational data for minor planets (such as asteroids and comets), calculating their orbits and publishing this information via the Minor Planet Circulars.
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Norman G. Thomas
Norman Gene Thomas (born 1930) is an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
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Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public higher-research university with a main campus at the base of the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff, Arizona, statewide campuses, and NAU Online.
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Photometry (astronomy)
Photometry is a technique of astronomy concerned with measuring the flux, or intensity of an astronomical object's electromagnetic radiation.
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Planetary geology
Planetary geology, alternatively known as astrogeology or exogeology, is a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of the celestial bodies such as the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites.
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Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein (See also the biography at the end of For Us, the Living, 2004 edition, p. 261. July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science-fiction writer.
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Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media or Springer, part of Springer Nature since 2015, is a global publishing company that publishes books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
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Surveyor program
The Surveyor program was a NASA program that, from June 1966 through January 1968, sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
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121P/Shoemaker–Holt
121P/Shoemaker–Holt, also known as Shoemaker-Holt 2, is a periodic comet in the solar system.
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128P/Shoemaker–Holt
128P/Shoemaker–Holt, also known as Shoemaker-Holt 1, is a periodic comet in the solar system.
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4435 Holt
4435 Holt, provisional designation, is a stony asteroid and sizable Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.
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4544 Xanthus
4544 Xanthus, provisional designation, is an asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 1.3 kilometers in diameter.
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4581 Asclepius
4581 Asclepius, provisional designation, is a sub-kilometer-sized asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group that makes close orbital passes with Earth.
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5185 Alerossi
5185 Alerossi, provisional designation, is an asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter.
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5261 Eureka
5261 Eureka is the first Mars trojan discovered.
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5642 Bobbywilliams
5642 Bobbywilliams, provisional designation, is an eccentric, stony asteroid and Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.7 kilometers in diameter.
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6312 Robheinlein
6312 Robheinlein, provisional designation, is a bright Augusta or background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.
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6726 Suthers
6726 Suthers, provisional designation, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter.
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9175 Graun
9175 Graun, provisional designation, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter.
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