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89 relations: C-type asteroid, Canyon, Carbon planet, Ceres (dwarf planet), Chondrite, Chthonian planet, Circumstellar habitable zone, Coreless planet, Discover (magazine), Dwarf planet, Earth, Earth analog, Eris (dwarf planet), Europa (moon), Exoplanet, Formation and evolution of the Solar System, Gas giant, Giant planet, Gliese 581 planetary system, Gliese 581c, Gliese 581d, Gliese 581e, Gliese 581g, Gliese 876, Gliese 876 d, Haumea, HD 85512 b, Helium, Hydrogen, Hydrosphere, Impact crater, Io (moon), Iron, Iron planet, Kepler (spacecraft), Kepler-102, Kepler-10b, Kepler-10c, Kepler-138, Kepler-20b, Kepler-36b, Kepler-78b, Latin, Light-year, List of exoplanets discovered using the Kepler spacecraft, List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System, List of potentially habitable exoplanets, Los Angeles Times, Mantle (geology), Mars, ..., Mercury (planet), Metal, Milky Way, Moon, Mountain, NASA, OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, Phase (matter), Planet, Planetary core, Planetary habitability, Planetary surface, Planetary system, Planetesimal, Pluto, Pressure, Primary atmosphere, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, PSR B1257+12, Pulsar, Red dwarf, Rock (geology), Secondary atmosphere, Silicate, Small Solar System body, Solar analog, Solar System, Space.com, Stellar nucleosynthesis, Sun, Super-Earth, The New York Times, Transit (astronomy), Venus, Volcano, Water, 2 Pallas, 4 Vesta, 51 Pegasi b. Expand index (39 more) »
C-type asteroid
C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids are the most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids.
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Canyon
A canyon (Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon) or gorge is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic timescales.
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Carbon planet
A carbon planet is a theoretical type of planet that contains more carbon (''Z''.
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Ceres (dwarf planet)
Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is the largest object in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, slightly closer to Mars' orbit.
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Chondrite
Chondrites are stony (non-metallic) meteorites that have not been modified due to melting or differentiation of the parent body.
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Chthonian planet
Chthonian planets (sometimes 'cthonian') are a hypothetical class of celestial objects resulting from the stripping away of a gas giant's hydrogen and helium atmosphere and outer layers, which is called hydrodynamic escape.
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Circumstellar habitable zone
In astronomy and astrobiology, the circumstellar habitable zone (CHZ), or simply the habitable zone, is the range of orbits around a star within which a planetary surface can support liquid water given sufficient atmospheric pressure.
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Coreless planet
A coreless planet is a theoretical type of terrestrial planet that has no metallic core, i.e. the planet is effectively a giant rocky mantle.
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Discover (magazine)
Discover is an American general audience science magazine launched in October 1980 by Time Inc.
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Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that is neither a planet nor a natural satellite.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
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Earth analog
An Earth analog (also referred to as an Earth twin or Earth-like planet, though this latter term may refer to any terrestrial planet) is a planet or moon with environmental conditions similar to those found on Earth.
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Eris (dwarf planet)
Eris (minor-planet designation 136199 Eris) is the most massive and second-largest (by volume) dwarf planet in the known Solar System.
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Europa (moon)
Europa or as Ευρώπη (Jupiter II) is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet.
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Exoplanet
An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.
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Formation and evolution of the Solar System
The formation and evolution of the Solar System began 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud.
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Gas giant
A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium.
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Giant planet
A giant planet is any massive planet.
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Gliese 581 planetary system
The Gliese 581 planetary system is the gravitationally bound system comprising the star Gliese 581 and the objects that orbit it.
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Gliese 581c
Gliese 581c or Gl 581c is a planet orbiting within the Gliese 581 system.
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Gliese 581d
Gliese 581d (often shortened to Gl 581d or GJ 581d) is a possible extrasolar planet orbiting within the Gliese 581 system, approximately 20.4 light-years away in the Libra constellation.
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Gliese 581e
Gliese 581e or Gl 581e is an extrasolar planet orbiting within the Gliese 581 system, located approximately 20.4 light-years away from Earth in the Libra constellation.
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Gliese 581g
Gliese 581g, unofficially known as Zarmina (or Zarmina's World), is an unconfirmed (and frequently disputed) exoplanet claimed to orbit within the Gliese 581 system, twenty light-years from Earth.
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Gliese 876
Gliese 876 is a red dwarf approximately 15 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius.
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Gliese 876 d
Gliese 876 d is an exoplanet approximately 15 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius.
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Haumea
Haumea, minor-planet designation 136108 Haumea, is a dwarf planet located beyond Neptune's orbit.
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HD 85512 b
HD 85512 b is an exoplanet orbiting HD 85512, a K-type main-sequence star approximately 36 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Vela.
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Helium
Helium (from lit) is a chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.
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Hydrosphere
The hydrosphere (from Greek ὕδωρ hydōr, "water" and σφαῖρα sphaira, "sphere") is the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet, minor planet or natural satellite.
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Impact crater
An impact crater is an approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet, moon, or other solid body in the Solar System or elsewhere, formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller body.
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Io (moon)
Io (Jupiter I) is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.
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Iron planet
An iron planet is a type of planet that consists primarily of an iron-rich core with little or no mantle.
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Kepler (spacecraft)
Kepler is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars.
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Kepler-102
Kepler-102 is a star in the constellation of Lyra.
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Kepler-10b
Kepler-10b is the first confirmed terrestrial planet to have been discovered outside the Solar System.
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Kepler-10c
Kepler-10c is an exoplanet orbiting the G-type star Kepler-10, located around 568 light-years away in Draco.
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Kepler-138
Kepler-138, also known as KOI-314, is a red dwarf located in the constellation Lyra, 200 light years from Earth.
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Kepler-20b
Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2011 B Category:Transiting exoplanets 20b Category:Super-Earths.
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Kepler-36b
Kepler-36b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-36.
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Kepler-78b
Kepler-78b (formerly known as KIC 8435766 b) is an exoplanet orbiting around the star Kepler-78.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Light-year
The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.
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List of exoplanets discovered using the Kepler spacecraft
The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler spacecraft contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances, masses, radii, composition, habitability, and host star type.
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List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System
This is a list of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System, which are objects that have a rounded, ellipsoidal shape due to the forces of their own gravity (hydrostatic equilibrium).
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List of potentially habitable exoplanets
This is a list of potentially habitable exoplanets and possible exoplanets.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.
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Mantle (geology)
The mantle is a layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary bodies.
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.
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Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.
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Metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.
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Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.
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Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
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Mountain
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb
OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb (known sometimes as Hoth by NASA) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting OGLE-2005-BLG-390L, a star 21,500 ± 3,300 light years from Earth near the center of the Milky Way.
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Phase (matter)
In the physical sciences, a phase is a region of space (a thermodynamic system), throughout which all physical properties of a material are essentially uniform.
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Planet
A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.
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Planetary core
The planetary core consists of the innermost layer(s) of a planet; which may be composed of solid and liquid layers.
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Planetary habitability
Planetary habitability is the measure of a planet's or a natural satellite's potential to have habitable environments hospitable to life, or its ability to generate life endogenously.
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Planetary surface
A planetary surface is where the solid (or liquid) material of the outer crust on certain types of astronomical objects contacts the atmosphere or outer space.
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Planetary system
A planetary system is a set of gravitationally bound non-stellar objects in or out of orbit around a star or star system.
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Planetesimal
Planetesimals are solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and in debris disks.
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Pluto
Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune.
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Pressure
Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.
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Primary atmosphere
A primary atmosphere is an atmosphere of a planet that forms by accretion of gaseous matter from the accretion disc of the planet's sun.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) is the official scientific journal of the National Academy of Sciences, published since 1915.
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PSR B1257+12
PSR B1257+12, previously designated PSR 1257+12, alternatively designated PSR J1300+1240, also named Lich, is a pulsar located 2,300 light years from the Sun in the constellation of Virgo.
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Pulsar
A pulsar (from pulse and -ar as in quasar) is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star or white dwarf that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.
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Red dwarf
A red dwarf (or M dwarf) is a small and relatively cool star on the main sequence, of M spectral type.
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Rock (geology)
Rock or stone is a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.
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Secondary atmosphere
A secondary atmosphere is an atmosphere of a planet that did not form by accretion during the formation of the planet's star.
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Silicate
In chemistry, a silicate is any member of a family of anions consisting of silicon and oxygen, usually with the general formula, where 0 ≤ x Silicate anions are often large polymeric molecules with an extense variety of structures, including chains and rings (as in polymeric metasilicate), double chains (as in, and sheets (as in. In geology and astronomy, the term silicate is used to mean silicate minerals, ionic solids with silicate anions; as well as rock types that consist predominantly of such minerals. In that context, the term also includes the non-ionic compound silicon dioxide (silica, quartz), which would correspond to x.
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Small Solar System body
A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, nor a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite.
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Solar analog
Solar-type star, solar analogs (also analogues), and solar twins are stars that are particularly similar to the Sun.
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Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.
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Space.com
Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.
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Stellar nucleosynthesis
Stellar nucleosynthesis is the theory explaining the creation (nucleosynthesis) of chemical elements by nuclear fusion reactions between atoms within the stars.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Super-Earth
A super-Earth is an extrasolar planet with a mass higher than Earth's, but substantially below the masses of the Solar System's ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, which have masses of 15 and 17 times Earth's, respectively.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Transit (astronomy)
In astronomy, a transit or astronomical transit is the phenomenon of at least one celestial body appearing to move across the face of another celestial body, hiding a small part of it, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point.
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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.
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Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
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Water
Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.
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2 Pallas
Pallas, minor-planet designation 2 Pallas, is the second asteroid to have been discovered (after Ceres), and is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System.
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4 Vesta
Vesta, minor-planet designation 4 Vesta, is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of.
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51 Pegasi b
51 Pegasi b (abbreviated 51 Peg b), unofficially dubbed Bellerophon, later named Dimidium, is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_planet
