Table of Contents
216 relations: Accretion (astrophysics), Active asteroid, Adaptive optics, Ahuna Mons, Albedo, Aluminium-26, Ammonia, Ammonium bicarbonate, Ammonium chloride, Apparent magnitude, Apsis, Asteroid, Asteroid belt, Asteroid family, Astronomical symbols, Astronomical unit, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Barnaba Oriani, Berlin, Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch, Bow shock, Bright spots on Ceres, Brine, C-type asteroid, Calathus Mission, Cambridge University Press, Carbon, Carbonaceous chondrite, Carbonate, Carbonate mineral, Caribbean, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Celestial police, Cerealia, Ceres (mythology), Cerium, China National Space Administration, Chondrule, Clay mineral, Clearing the neighbourhood, Cold trap (astronomy), Computer simulation, Conjunction (astronomy), Coronal mass ejection, Crater chain, Crust (geology), Cryovolcano, Dantu (crater), David C. Jewitt, Dawn (spacecraft), ... Expand index (166 more) »
- Active asteroids
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1801
- Discoveries by Giuseppe Piazzi
- Dwarf planets
- G-type asteroids (Tholen)
- Minor planets visited by spacecraft
Accretion (astrophysics)
In astrophysics, accretion is the accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter, typically gaseous matter, into an accretion disk.
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Active asteroid
Active asteroids are small Solar System bodies that have asteroid-like orbits but show comet-like visual characteristics. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Active asteroid are Active asteroids and solar System.
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Adaptive optics
Adaptive optics (AO) is a technique of precisely deforming a mirror in order to compensate for light distortion.
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Ahuna Mons
Ahuna Mons is the largest mountain on the dwarf planet and asteroid Ceres.
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Albedo
Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.
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Aluminium-26
Aluminium-26 (26Al, Al-26) is a radioactive isotope of the chemical element aluminium, decaying by either positron emission or electron capture to stable magnesium-26.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.
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Ammonium bicarbonate
Ammonium bicarbonate is an inorganic compound with formula (NH4)HCO3.
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Ammonium chloride
Ammonium chloride is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula, also written as.
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Apparent magnitude
Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object.
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Apsis
An apsis is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body.
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Asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System. Ceres (dwarf planet) and asteroid are solar System.
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Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. Ceres (dwarf planet) and asteroid belt are solar System.
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Asteroid family
An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination.
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Astronomical symbols
Astronomical symbols are abstract pictorial symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in European astronomy.
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Astronomical unit
The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics.
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Barnaba Oriani
Barnaba Oriani (17 July 1752 – 12 November 1832) was an Italian priest, geodesist, astronomer and scientist.
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Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.
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Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch
The Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch (abbrev. B.A.J.) is an astronomical ephemeris almanac and one of the longest publication series in astronomy.
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Bow shock
In astrophysics, a bow shock occurs when the magnetosphere of an astrophysical object interacts with the nearby flowing ambient plasma such as the solar wind.
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Bright spots on Ceres
Several bright surface features (also known as) were discovered on the dwarf planet Ceres by the ''Dawn'' spacecraft in 2015.
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Brine
Brine (or briny water) is water with a high-concentration solution of salt (typically sodium chloride or calcium chloride).
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C-type asteroid
C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids are the most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids. Ceres (dwarf planet) and c-type asteroid are c-type asteroids (SMASS).
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Calathus Mission
Calathus is a proposed student-designed Ceres sample-return mission, that would consist of an orbiter and a lander with an ascent module.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
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Carbonaceous chondrite
Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites.
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Carbonate
A carbonate is a salt of carbonic acid,, characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion, a polyatomic ion with the formula.
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Carbonate mineral
Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion,.
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Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (Gauß; Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 177723 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science.
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Celestial police
The Celestial police (Himmelspolizey), officially the United Astronomical Society (Vereinigte Astronomische Gesellschaft), was a cooperation of numerous European astronomers in the early 19th century.
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Cerealia
In ancient Roman religion, the Cerealia was the major festival celebrated for the grain goddess Ceres.
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Ceres (mythology)
In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.
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Cerium
Cerium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ce and atomic number 58.
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China National Space Administration
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is a government agency of the People's Republic of China headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, responsible for civil space administration and international space cooperation.
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Chondrule
A chondrule (from Ancient Greek χόνδρος chondros, grain) is a round grain found in a chondrite.
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Clay mineral
Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline earths, and other cations found on or near some planetary surfaces.
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Clearing the neighbourhood
"Clearing the neighbourhood" (or dynamical dominance) around a celestial body's orbit describes the body becoming gravitationally dominant such that there are no other bodies of comparable size other than its natural satellites or those otherwise under its gravitational influence. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Clearing the neighbourhood are solar System.
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Cold trap (astronomy)
A cold trap is a concept in planetary sciences that describes an area cold enough to freeze (trap) volatiles.
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Computer simulation
Computer simulation is the process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer, which is designed to predict the behaviour of, or the outcome of, a real-world or physical system.
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Conjunction (astronomy)
In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft appear to be close to each other in the sky.
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Coronal mass ejection
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant ejection of magnetic field and accompanying plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere.
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Crater chain
A crater chain is a line of craters along the surface of an astronomical body.
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Crust (geology)
In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.
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Cryovolcano
A cryovolcano (sometimes informally referred to as an ice volcano) is a type of volcano that erupts gases and volatile material such as liquid water, ammonia, and hydrocarbons.
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Dantu (crater)
Dantu is a large crater on Ceres, located within the Vendimia Planitia.
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David C. Jewitt
David Clifford Jewitt (born 1958) is a British-American astronomer who studies the Solar System, especially its minor bodies.
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Dawn (spacecraft)
Dawn is a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres.
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Definition of planet
The definition of the term planet has changed several times since the word was coined by the ancient Greeks. Ceres (dwarf planet) and definition of planet are solar System.
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Delta Draconis
Delta Draconis (δ Draconis, abbreviated Delta Dra, δ Dra), formally named Altais, is a yellow star in the constellation of Draco.
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Density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is a substance's mass per unit of volume.
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Diapir
A diapir is a type of intrusion in which a more mobile and ductilely deformable material is forced into brittle overlying rocks.
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Direct simulation Monte Carlo
Direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method uses probabilistic Monte Carlo simulation to solve the Boltzmann equation for finite Knudsen number fluid flows.
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Discovery Program
The Discovery Program is a series of Solar System exploration missions funded by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through its Planetary Missions Program Office.
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Discovery, Inc.
Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City.
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Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve orbital dominance like the eight classical planets of the Solar System. Ceres (dwarf planet) and dwarf planet are dwarf planets and solar System.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Earth are solar System.
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Earth mass
An Earth mass (denoted as M🜨, M♁ or ME, where 🜨 and ♁ are the astronomical symbols for Earth), is a unit of mass equal to the mass of the planet Earth.
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Ecliptic
The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.
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Enceladus
Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn and the 19th-largest in the Solar System.
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Europa (moon)
Europa, or Jupiter II, is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 95 known moons of Jupiter. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Europa (moon) are solar System.
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Extinct radionuclide
An extinct radionuclide is a radionuclide that was formed by nucleosynthesis before the formation of the Solar System, about 4.6 billion years ago, but has since decayed to virtually zero abundance and is no longer detectable as a primordial nuclide.
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Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life, alien life, or colloquially simply aliens, is life which does not originate from Earth.
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Fault (geology)
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.
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Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand I (Italian: Ferdinando I; 12 January 1751 – 4 January 1825) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1816 until his death.
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Franz Xaver von Zach
Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest in Hungary).
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G-type asteroid
G-type asteroids are a relatively uncommon type of carbonaceous asteroid that makes up approximately 5% of asteroids. Ceres (dwarf planet) and g-type asteroid are g-type asteroids (Tholen).
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Gamma ray
A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.
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Gauss's method
In orbital mechanics (a subfield of celestial mechanics), Gauss's method is used for preliminary orbit determination from at least three observations (more observations increases the accuracy of the determined orbit) of the orbiting body of interest at three different times.
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Gefion family
The Gefion family (FIN: 516; adj. Gefionian; also known as the Ceres family or the Minerva family) is an asteroid family located in the intermediate asteroid belt between 2.74 and 2.82 AU at inclinations of 7.4° to 10.5°.
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Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical Research Letters is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal of geoscience published by the American Geophysical Union that was established in 1974.
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Giuseppe Piazzi
Giuseppe Piazzi (16 July 1746 – 22 July 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer.
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Graphite
Graphite is a crystalline form of the element carbon.
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Haulani (crater)
Haulani is an impact crater located on Ceres that contains "Spot 1", one of the bright spots observed by the Dawn spacecraft.
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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer.
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Heliocentrism
Heliocentrism (also known as the heliocentric model) is a superseded astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Heliocentrism are solar System.
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Hera
In ancient Greek religion, Hera (Hḗrā; label in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.
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Herschel Space Observatory
The Herschel Space Observatory was a space observatory built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works.
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
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Hydrate
In chemistry, a hydrate is a substance that contains water or its constituent elements.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.
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Hydrostatic equilibrium
In fluid mechanics, hydrostatic equilibrium (hydrostatic balance, hydrostasy) is the condition of a fluid or plastic solid at rest, which occurs when external forces, such as gravity, are balanced by a pressure-gradient force.
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Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.
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Impact crater
An impact crater is a depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object.
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Infrared
Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.
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Invariable plane
The invariable plane of a planetary system, also called Laplace's invariable plane, is the plane passing through its barycenter (center of mass) perpendicular to its angular momentum vector.
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Ion thruster
An ion thruster, ion drive, or ion engine is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion.
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Jérôme Lalande
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (11 July 1732 – 4April 1807) was a French astronomer, freemason and writer.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.
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Johann Daniel Titius
Johann Daniel Titius (born Johann Daniel Tietz(e), 2 January 1729 – 16 December 1796) was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg.
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Johann Elert Bode
Johann Elert Bode (19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the Titius–Bode law.
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Johann Franz Encke
Johann Franz Encke (23 September 179126 August 1865) was a German astronomer.
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Johann Heinrich Lambert
Johann Heinrich Lambert (Jean-Henri Lambert in French; 26 or 28 August 1728 – 25 September 1777) was a polymath from the Republic of Mulhouse, generally identified as either Swiss or French, who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics (particularly optics), philosophy, astronomy and map projections.
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Johann Hieronymus Schröter
Johann Hieronymus Schröter (30 August 1745, Erfurt – 29 August 1816, Lilienthal) was a German astronomer.
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler (27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music.
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JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System
JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System provides access to key Solar System data and flexible production of highly accurate ephemerides for Solar System objects.
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Julian day
The Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian period, and is used primarily by astronomers, and in software for easily calculating elapsed days between two events (e.g. food production date and sell by date).
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Julian year (astronomy)
In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a or aj) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.
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Juno (mythology)
Juno (Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Jupiter are solar System.
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Kelvin
The kelvin, symbol K, is the base unit of measurement for temperature in the International System of Units (SI).
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Kerwan (crater)
Kerwan is the largest confirmed crater and one of the largest geological features on Ceres.
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Kingdom of Sicily
The Kingdom of Sicily (Regnum Siciliae; Regno di Sicilia; Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in Sicily and the south of the Italian Peninsula plus, for a time, in Northern Africa from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816.
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Late Heavy Bombardment
The Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB), or lunar cataclysm, is a hypothesized astronomical event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years (Ga) ago, at a time corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth.
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Life on Mars
The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth.
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Life on Titan
Whether there is life on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is currently an open question and a topic of scientific assessment and research.
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Light pollution
Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting.
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List of exceptional asteroids
The following is a collection of lists of asteroids of the Solar System that are exceptional in some way, such as their size or orbit.
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List of former planets
This is a list of astronomical objects formerly widely considered planets under any of the various definitions of this word in the history of astronomy. Ceres (dwarf planet) and list of former planets are solar System.
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List of geological features on Ceres
(August 2015)---> Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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List of Solar System objects by size
This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius. Ceres (dwarf planet) and list of Solar System objects by size are solar System.
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
The Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), jointly sponsored by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), brings together international specialists in petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, geology, and astronomy to present the latest results of research in planetary science.
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Magnesium sulfate
Magnesium sulfate or magnesium sulphate is a chemical compound, a salt with the formula, consisting of magnesium cations (20.19% by mass) and sulfate anions.
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Magnetic field
A magnetic field (sometimes called B-field) is a physical field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials.
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Magnetometer
A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetic field or magnetic dipole moment.
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Mantle (geology)
A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Mars are solar System.
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Mathematical model
A mathematical model is an abstract description of a concrete system using mathematical concepts and language.
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Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Mercury (planet) are solar System.
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Methane clathrate
Methane clathrate (CH4·5.75H2O) or (4CH4·23H2O), also called methane hydrate, hydromethane, methane ice, fire ice, natural gas hydrate, or gas hydrate, is a solid clathrate compound (more specifically, a clathrate hydrate) in which a large amount of methane is trapped within a crystal structure of water, forming a solid similar to ice.
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Microorganism
A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
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Milan
Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.
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Minor planet
According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Ceres (dwarf planet) and minor planet are solar System.
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Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
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Minor-planet designation
A formal minor-planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet).
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy, astrophysics and related fields.
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Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Moon are solar System.
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Musica universalis
The musica universalis (literally universal music), also called music of the spheres or harmony of the spheres, is a philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies—the Sun, Moon, and planets—as a form of music.
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Naked eye
Naked eye, also called bare eye or unaided eye, is the practice of engaging in visual perception unaided by a magnifying, light-collecting optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope, or eye protection.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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Natural satellite
A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Ceres (dwarf planet) and natural satellite are solar System.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.
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Nature Astronomy
Nature Astronomy is a peer reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio.
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Nature Communications
Nature Communications is a peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio since 2010.
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Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Neptune are solar System.
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Neutron
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New Horizons
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
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New moon
In astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude.
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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (15 March 171321 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.
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Occator (crater)
Occator is an impact crater located on Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, that contains "Spot 5", the brightest of the bright spots observed by the Dawn spacecraft.
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Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them.
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Opposition (astronomy)
In positional astronomy, two astronomical objects are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the celestial sphere, as observed from a given body (usually Earth).
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Orbit determination
Orbit determination is the estimation of orbits of objects such as moons, planets, and spacecraft.
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Orbital eccentricity
In astrodynamics, the orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a dimensionless parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.
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Orbital inclination
Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.
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Orbital period
The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object.
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Orbital resonance
In celestial mechanics, orbital resonance occurs when orbiting bodies exert regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually because their orbital periods are related by a ratio of small integers.
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Order of magnitude
An order of magnitude is an approximation of the logarithm of a value relative to some contextually understood reference value, usually 10, interpreted as the base of the logarithm and the representative of values of magnitude one.
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Organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.
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Oxo (crater)
Oxo is a small impact crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
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Palermo
Palermo (Palermu, locally also Paliemmu or Palèimmu) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province.
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Palermo Astronomical Observatory
The Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, housed inside the Palazzo dei Normanni.
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Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.
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Photometry (astronomy)
In astronomy, photometry, from Greek photo- ("light") and -metry ("measure"), is a technique used in astronomy that is concerned with measuring the flux or intensity of light radiated by astronomical objects.
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Phys.org
Phys.org is an online science, research and technology news aggregator offering briefs from press releases and reports from news agencies.
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Pingo
Pingos are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills, high and in diameter.
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Planet
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. Ceres (dwarf planet) and planet are solar System.
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Planetary core
A planetary core consists of the innermost layers of a planet.
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Planetary differentiation
In planetary science, planetary differentiation is the process by which the chemical elements of a planetary body accumulate in different areas of that body, due to their physical or chemical behavior (e.g. density and chemical affinities).
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Planetary habitability
Planetary habitability is the measure of a planet's or a natural satellite's potential to develop and maintain environments hospitable to life.
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Planetary oceanography
Planetary oceanography, also called astro-oceanography or exo-oceanography, is the study of oceans on planets and moons other than Earth.
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Planetesimal
Planetesimals are solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and debris disks.
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Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.
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Pluto
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Pluto are dwarf planets, minor planet object articles (numbered), minor planets visited by spacecraft, named minor planets, objects observed by stellar occultation and solar System.
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Porosity
Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%.
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Prime meridian
A prime meridian is an arbitrarily-chosen meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
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Proper orbital elements
The proper orbital elements or proper elements of an orbit are constants of motion of an object in space that remain practically unchanged over an astronomically long timescale.
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Protoplanet
A protoplanet is a large planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disk and has undergone internal melting to produce a differentiated interior.
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Radioactive decay
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation.
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Radionuclide
A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it excess nuclear energy, and making it unstable.
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Rare-earth element
The rare-earth elements (REE), also called the rare-earth metals or rare earths or, in context, rare-earth oxides, and sometimes the lanthanides (although scandium and yttrium, which do not belong to this series, are usually included as rare earths), are a set of 17 nearly indistinguishable lustrous silvery-white soft heavy metals.
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Regolith
Regolith is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock.
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Rubble pile
In astronomy, a rubble pile is a celestial body that consists of numerous pieces of debris that have coalesced under the influence of gravity.
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Salinity
Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity).
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Sample-return mission
A sample-return mission is a spacecraft mission to collect and return samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis.
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Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Saturn are solar System.
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Sicily
Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
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Sickle
A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting or reaping grain crops, or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock.
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Silicate
A silicate is any member of a family of polyatomic anions consisting of silicon and oxygen, usually with the general formula, where.
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Silicate mineral
Silicate minerals are rock-forming minerals made up of silicate groups.
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Sky & Telescope
Sky & Telescope (S&T) is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following.
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Slate (magazine)
Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States.
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Sodium carbonate
Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula and its various hydrates.
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Space weathering
Space weathering is the type of weathering that occurs to any object exposed to the harsh environment of outer space.
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Spectrometer
A spectrometer is a scientific instrument used to separate and measure spectral components of a physical phenomenon.
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Sublimation (phase transition)
Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state.
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Sulfur
Sulfur (also spelled sulphur in British English) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16.
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Sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide (IUPAC-recommended spelling) or sulphur dioxide (traditional Commonwealth English) is the chemical compound with the formula.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Sun are solar System.
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Tectonics
Tectonics are the processes that result in the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time.
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Terrestrial planet
A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, or rocky planet, is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate, rocks or metals. Ceres (dwarf planet) and terrestrial planet are solar System.
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The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society is an American internationally-active non-governmental nonprofit organization.
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Theoretical astronomy
Theoretical astronomy is the use of analytical and computational models based on principles from physics and chemistry to describe and explain astronomical objects and astronomical phenomena.
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Tidal heating
Tidal heating (also known as tidal working or tidal flexing) occurs through the tidal friction processes: orbital and rotational energy is dissipated as heat in either (or both) the surface ocean or interior of a planet or satellite.
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Titius–Bode law
The Titius–Bode law (sometimes termed simply Bode's law) is a formulaic prediction of spacing between planets in any given planetary system.
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Trojan (celestial body)
In astronomy, a trojan is a small celestial body (mostly asteroids) that shares the orbit of a larger body, remaining in a stable orbit approximately 60° ahead of or behind the main body near one of its Lagrangian points and. Ceres (dwarf planet) and trojan (celestial body) are solar System.
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Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona.
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Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Ceres (dwarf planet) and Uranus are objects observed by stellar occultation and solar System.
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Vinalia
The Vinalia were Roman festivals of the wine harvest, wine vintage and gardens, held in honour of Jupiter and Venus.
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Viscoelasticity
In materials science and continuum mechanics, viscoelasticity is the property of materials that exhibit both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation.
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Visible spectrum
The visible spectrum is the band of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.
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Volatile (astrogeology)
Volatiles are the group of chemical elements and chemical compounds that can be readily vaporized.
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W. M. Keck Observatory
The W. M. Keck Observatory is an astronomical observatory with two telescopes at an elevation of 4,145 meters (13,600 ft) near the summit of Mauna Kea in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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William Herschel
Frederick William Herschel (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British astronomer and composer.
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2 Pallas
Pallas (minor-planet designation: 2 Pallas) is the third-largest asteroid in the Solar System by volume and mass. Ceres (dwarf planet) and 2 Pallas are minor planet object articles (numbered), named minor planets and objects observed by stellar occultation.
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3 Juno
Juno (minor-planet designation: 3 Juno) is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt. Ceres (dwarf planet) and 3 Juno are minor planet object articles (numbered), named minor planets, objects observed by stellar occultation and 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. Ceres (dwarf planet) and 4 Vesta are minor planet object articles (numbered), minor planets visited by spacecraft, named minor planets and solar System.
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See also
Active asteroids
- (248370) 2005 QN173
- (300163) 2006 VW139
- (323137) 2003 BM80
- 101955 Bennu
- 118401 LINEAR
- 2201 Oljato
- 238P/Read
- 311P/PanSTARRS
- 3200 Phaethon
- 324P/La Sagra
- 331P/Gibbs
- 354P/LINEAR
- 4015 Wilson–Harrington
- 483P/PanSTARRS
- 493 Griseldis
- 596 Scheila
- 6478 Gault
- 7968 Elst–Pizarro
- Active asteroid
- Ceres (dwarf planet)
- Dimorphos
- P/2013 R3 (Catalina–PanSTARRS)
- P/2016 G1 (PanSTARRS)
Astronomical objects discovered in 1801
Discoveries by Giuseppe Piazzi
- 61 Cygni
- Ceres (dwarf planet)
Dwarf planets
- 225088 Gonggong
- 50000 Quaoar
- 90482 Orcus
- Ceres (dwarf planet)
- Dwarf planet
- Eris (dwarf planet)
- Exploration of dwarf planets
- Gonggong (dwarf planet)
- Haumea
- Haumea (dwarf planet)
- IAU definition of planet
- Makemake
- Mesoplanet
- Orcus (dwarf planet)
- Pluto
- Possible dwarf planets
- Quaoar
- Sedna (dwarf planet)
G-type asteroids (Tholen)
- 1023 Thomana
- 106 Dione
- 13 Egeria
- 130 Elektra
- 176 Iduna
- 19 Fortuna
- 640 Brambilla
- 84 Klio
- Ceres (dwarf planet)
- G-type asteroid
Minor planets visited by spacecraft
- 101955 Bennu
- 132524 APL
- 152830 Dinkinesh
- 162173 Ryugu
- 21 Lutetia
- 243 Ida
- 25143 Itokawa
- 253 Mathilde
- 2685 Masursky
- 2867 Šteins
- 4 Vesta
- 4179 Toutatis
- 433 Eros
- 486958 Arrokoth
- 5535 Annefrank
- 65803 Didymos
- 951 Gaspra
- 9969 Braille
- Ceres (dwarf planet)
- Dactyl (moon)
- Dimorphos
- List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft
- Pluto
References
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