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309 relations: Abiogenesis, Absolute magnitude, Accretion (astrophysics), Active asteroid, Adenine, Albedo, Alvarez hypothesis, Amino acid, Amor asteroid, Apollo asteroid, Apollo command and service module, Apparent magnitude, Apsis, Arecibo Observatory, Asteroid belt, Asteroid family, Asteroid spectral types, Astrobiology, Astrograph, Astronomical unit, Astrophotography, Aten asteroid, Atira asteroid, B612 Foundation, Barnaba Oriani, Benjamin Valz, Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch, Binary asteroid, C-type asteroid, Carbon, Carbonaceous chondrite, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Celestial equator, Celestial police, Centaur (small Solar System body), Ceres (dwarf planet), Ceres (mythology), Chang'e 2, Charge-coupled device, Chondrite, Co-orbital configuration, Color, Coma (comet), Comet, Comet nucleus, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, Comet tail, Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, D-type asteroid, Dactyl (moon), ... Expand index (259 more) »
- Asteroids
- Minor planets
Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis is the natural process by which life arises from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds.
Absolute magnitude
In astronomy, absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.
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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. Asteroid and Active asteroid are asteroids and solar System.
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Adenine
Adenine (symbol A or Ade) is a purine nucleobase.
Albedo
Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.
Alvarez hypothesis
The Alvarez hypothesis posits that the mass extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and many other living things during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event was caused by the impact of a large asteroid on the Earth.
See Asteroid and Alvarez hypothesis
Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
Amor asteroid
The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor.
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Apollo asteroid
The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s.
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Apollo command and service module
The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.
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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.
Arecibo Observatory
The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
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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. Asteroid and asteroid belt are asteroids and 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. Asteroid and asteroid family are asteroids.
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Asteroid spectral types
An asteroid spectral type is assigned to asteroids based on their reflectance spectrum, color, and sometimes albedo.
See Asteroid and Asteroid spectral types
Astrobiology
Astrobiology is a scientific field within the life and environmental sciences that studies the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe by investigating its deterministic conditions and contingent events.
Astrograph
An astrograph (or astrographic camera) is a telescope designed for the sole purpose of astrophotography.
Astronomical unit
The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to.
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Astrophotography
Astrophotography, also known as astronomical imaging, is the photography or imaging of astronomical objects, celestial events, or areas of the night sky.
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Aten asteroid
The Aten asteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth.
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Atira asteroid
Atira asteroids or Apohele asteroids, also known as interior-Earth objects (IEOs), are Near-Earth objects whose orbits are entirely confined within Earth's orbit; that is, their orbit has an aphelion (farthest point from the Sun) smaller than Earth's perihelion (nearest point to the Sun), which is 0.983 astronomical units (AU).
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B612 Foundation
The B612 Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation headquartered in Mill Valley, California, United States, dedicated to planetary science and planetary defense against asteroids and other near-Earth object (NEO) impacts.
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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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Benjamin Valz
Jean Elias Benjamin Valz (May 27, 1787 – April 22, 1867) was a French astronomer.
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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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Binary asteroid
A binary asteroid is a system of two asteroids orbiting their common barycenter.
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C-type asteroid
C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids are the most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids.
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Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
Carbonaceous chondrite
Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites.
See Asteroid and Carbonaceous chondrite
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 equator
The celestial equator is the great circle of the imaginary celestial sphere on the same plane as the equator of Earth.
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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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Centaur (small Solar System body)
In planetary astronomy, a centaur is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune and crosses the orbits of one or more of the giant planets. Asteroid and centaur (small Solar System body) are solar System.
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Ceres (dwarf planet)
Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid and Ceres (dwarf planet) are solar System.
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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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Chang'e 2
Chang'e 2 is a Chinese uncrewed lunar probe that was launched on 1 October 2010.
Charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors.
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Chondrite
A chondrite is a stony (non-metallic) meteorite that has not been modified, by either melting or differentiation of the parent body.
Co-orbital configuration
In astronomy, a co-orbital configuration is a configuration of two or more astronomical objects (such as asteroids, moons, or planets) orbiting at the same, or very similar, distance from their primary; i.e., they are in a 1:1 mean-motion resonance.
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Color
Color (American English) or colour (British and Commonwealth English) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum.
Coma (comet)
The coma is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet, formed when the comet passes near the Sun in its highly elliptical orbit.
Comet
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. Asteroid and comet are solar System.
Comet nucleus
The nucleus is the solid, central part of a comet, formerly termed a dirty snowball or an icy dirtball.
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Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (formally designated D/1993 F2) was a comet that broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects.
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Comet tail
A comet tail and coma are visible features of a comet when they are illuminated by the Sun and may become visible from Earth when a comet passes through the inner Solar System.
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth approximately 66 million years ago.
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D-type asteroid
D-type asteroids have a very low albedo and a featureless reddish spectrum.
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Dactyl (moon)
Dactyl (formally (243) Ida I Dactyl) is a tiny asteroid moon (1 mile, or 1.6 km, in diameter) that orbits asteroid 243 Ida.
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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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David J. Tholen
David James Tholen (born 1955) is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaiʻi.
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David Morrison (astrophysicist)
David Morrison (born June 26, 1940) is an American astronomer, a senior scientist at the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
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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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Deep Space 1
Deep Space 1 (DS1) was a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft which flew by an asteroid and a comet.
Density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is a substance's mass per unit of volume.
DESTINY+
DESTINY+ (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science) is a planned mission to flyby the Geminids meteor shower parent body 3200 Phaethon, and sample dust originating from the "rock comet".
Dimorphos
Dimorphos (formal designation (65803) Didymos I; provisional designation S/2003 (65803) 1) is a natural satellite or moon of the near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos, with which it forms a binary system.
Disrupted planet
In astronomy, a disrupted planet is a planet or exoplanet or, perhaps on a somewhat smaller scale, a planetary-mass object, planetesimal, moon, exomoon or asteroid that has been disrupted or destroyed by a nearby or passing astronomical body or object such as a star.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs).
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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. Asteroid and dwarf planet are minor planets and solar System.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. Asteroid and Earth are solar System.
Earth trojan
An Earth trojan is an asteroid that orbits the Sun in the vicinity of the Earth–Sun Lagrangian points (leading 60°) or (trailing 60°), thus having an orbit similar to Earth's. Asteroid and Earth trojan are solar System.
Ecliptic
The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.
Edmund Weiss
Edmund Weiss (26 August 1837 – 21 June 1917) was an Austrian astronomer.
Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess (20 August 1831 – 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist and an expert on the geography of the Alps.
Electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum is the full range of electromagnetic radiation, organized by frequency or wavelength.
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Emission spectrum
The emission spectrum of a chemical element or chemical compound is the spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to electrons making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.
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Epimetheus (moon)
Epimetheus is an inner satellite of Saturn.
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Eric Walter Elst
Eric Walter Elst (30 November 1936 – 2 January 2022) was a Belgian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle and a prolific discoverer of asteroids.
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European Southern Observatory
The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, commonly referred to as the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is an intergovernmental research organisation made up of 16 member states for ground-based astronomy.
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European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.
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Exoasteroid
An exoasteroid, exo-asteroid or extrasolar asteroid, is an asteroid located outside the Solar System. Asteroid and exoasteroid are asteroids, minor planets and solar System.
Extinct comet
An extinct comet is a comet that has expelled most of its volatile ice and has little left to form a tail and coma. Asteroid and extinct comet are asteroids.
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Far-infrared astronomy
Far-infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that deals with objects visible in far-infrared radiation (extending from 30 μm towards submillimeter wavelengths around 450 μm).
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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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Formation and evolution of the Solar System
There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Asteroid and formation and evolution of the Solar System are solar System.
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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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French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research.
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Frost line (astrophysics)
In astronomy or planetary science, the frost line, also known as the snow line or ice line, is the minimum distance from the central protostar of a solar nebula where the temperature is low enough for volatile compounds such as water, ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide to condense into solid grains, which will allow their accretion into planetesimals.
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Galileo (spacecraft)
Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida.
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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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GD 61
GD 61 is a white dwarf with a protoplanetary system located 150 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus.
Geminids
The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be an Apollo asteroid with a "rock comet" orbit.
Geoffrey A. Landis
Geoffrey Alan Landis (born May 28, 1955) is an American aerospace engineer and author, working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary exploration, interstellar propulsion, solar power and photovoltaics.
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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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Giant-impact hypothesis
The giant-impact hypothesis, sometimes called the Theia Impact, is an astrogeology hypothesis for the formation of the Moon first proposed in 1946 by Canadian geologist Reginald Daly.
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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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Gizmodo
Gizmodo is a design, technology, science, and science fiction website.
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is a satellite ground station located in Fort Irwin in the U.S. state of California.
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Guanine
Guanine (symbol G or Gua) is one of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA, the others being adenine, cytosine, and thymine (uracil in RNA).
Half-month
The half-month is a calendar subdivision used in astronomy.
Hayabusa2
is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA.
HED meteorite
HED meteorites are a clan (subgroup) of achondrite meteorites.
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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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Hera (space mission)
Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program.
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Hermann Goldschmidt
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (June 17, 1802 – August 30 or September 10 1866) was a German-French astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France.
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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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Hirayama family
A Hirayama family of asteroids is a group of minor planets that share similar orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination.
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Horseshoe orbit
In celestial mechanics, a horseshoe orbit is a type of co-orbital motion of a small orbiting body relative to a larger orbiting body.
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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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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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Hygiea family
The Hygiea or Hygiean family is a grouping of dark, carbonaceous C-type and B-type asteroids in outer asteroid belt, the largest member of which is 10 Hygiea.
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I. Michael Ross
Isaac Michael Ross is a Distinguished Professor and Program Director of Control and Optimization at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.
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Icarus (journal)
ICARUS is a scientific journal dedicated to the field of planetary science.
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Ice
Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 °C, 32 °F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice.
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Impact event
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.
Impact events on Jupiter
In modern times, numerous impact events on Jupiter have been observed, the most significant of which was the collision of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1994.
See Asteroid and Impact events on Jupiter
Infrared
Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.
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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Iron–nickel alloy
An iron–nickel alloy or nickel–iron alloy, abbreviated FeNi or NiFe, is a group of alloys consisting primarily of the elements nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe).
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James Craig Watson
James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 – November 23, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer, discoverer of comets and minor planets, director of the University of Michigan's Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, and awarded with the Lalande Prize in 1869.
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Janus (moon)
Janus is an inner satellite of Saturn.
JAXA
The is the Japanese national air and space agency.
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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John Russell Hind
John Russell Hind FRS FRSE LLD (12 May 1823 – 23 December 1895) was an English astronomer.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Asteroid and Jupiter are solar System.
Jupiter trojan
The Jupiter trojans, commonly called trojan asteroids or simply trojans, are a large group of asteroids that share the planet Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.
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Karl Ludwig Hencke
Karl Ludwig Hencke (8 April 1793 – 21 September 1866) was a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
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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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Kiyotsugu Hirayama
was a Japanese astronomer, best known for his discovery that many asteroid orbits were more similar to one another than chance would allow, leading to the concept of asteroid families, now called "Hirayama families" in his honour.
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Kuiper belt
The Kuiper belt is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. Asteroid and Kuiper belt are solar System.
Lagrange point
In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under the gravitational influence of two massive orbiting bodies.
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Life
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from matter that does not.
Light curve
In astronomy, a light curve is a graph of the light intensity of a celestial object or region as a function of time, typically with the magnitude of light received on the y-axis and with time on the x-axis.
List of asteroid close approaches to Earth
This is a list of examples where an asteroid or meteoroid travels close to the Earth.
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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 Jupiter trojans (Greek camp)
This is a list of Jupiter trojans that lie in the Greek camp, an elongated curved region around the leading Lagrangian point, 60° ahead of Jupiter in its orbit.
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List of Jupiter trojans (Trojan camp)
This is a list of Jupiter trojans that lie in the Trojan camp, an elongated curved region around the trailing Lagrangian point, 60° behind Jupiter in its orbit.
See Asteroid and List of Jupiter trojans (Trojan camp)
List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft
The following tables list all minor planets and comets that have been visited by robotic spacecraft.
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Lost minor planet
A minor planet is "lost" when today's observers cannot find it, because its location is too uncertain to target observations.
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Lucy (spacecraft)
Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids.
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M-type asteroid
M-type (aka M-class) asteroids are a spectral class of asteroids which appear to contain higher concentrations of metal phases (e.g. iron-nickel) than other asteroid classes, and are widely thought to be the source of iron meteorites.
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Asteroid and Mars are solar System.
Mars trojan
The Mars trojans are a group of trojan objects that share the orbit of the planet Mars around the Sun.
Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography.
Meanings of minor-planet names
This is a list of minor planets which have been officially named by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Asteroid and Meanings of minor-planet names are solar System.
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Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. Asteroid and Mercury (planet) are solar System.
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Metal
A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Meteorite
A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. Asteroid and meteorite are solar System.
Meteoroid
A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Asteroid and meteoroid are solar System.
Military satellite
A military satellite is an artificial satellite used for a military purpose.
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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. Asteroid and minor planet are minor planets and solar System.
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 moon
A minor-planet moon is an astronomical object that orbits a minor planet as its natural satellite. Asteroid and minor-planet moon are solar System.
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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. Asteroid and Moon are solar System.
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.
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (NASA IRTF) is a telescope optimized for use in infrared astronomy and located at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii.
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National Science and Technology Council
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is a council in the Executive Branch of the United States.
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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). Asteroid 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 Communications
Nature Communications is a peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio since 2010.
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NEAR Shoemaker
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year.
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Near-Earth object
A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body orbiting the Sun whose closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is less than 1.3 times the Earth–Sun distance (astronomical unit, AU). Asteroid and near-Earth object are solar System.
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Neptune trojan
Neptune trojans are bodies that orbit the Sun near one of the stable Lagrangian points of Neptune, similar to the trojans of other planets.
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New Scientist
New Scientist is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology.
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Nice model
The Nice model is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System.
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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Nuclear explosion
A nuclear explosion is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction.
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Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.
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Olivine
The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula.
Oort cloud
The Oort cloud, sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is theorized to be a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years). Asteroid and Oort cloud are minor planets and solar System.
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 propellant depot
An orbital propellant depot is a cache of propellant that is placed in orbit around Earth or another body to allow spacecraft or the transfer stage of the spacecraft to be fueled in space.
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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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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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OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid.
Outer space
Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies.
Outgassing
Outgassing (sometimes called offgassing, particularly when in reference to indoor air quality) is the release of a gas that was dissolved, trapped, frozen, or absorbed in some material.
P-type asteroid
P-type asteroids are asteroids that have low albedo and a featureless reddish spectrum.
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Pallas family
The Pallas family (adj. Palladian) is a small asteroid family of B-type asteroids at very high inclinations in the intermediate asteroid belt.
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Panspermia
Panspermia is the hypothesis that life exists throughout the Universe, distributed by space dust, meteoroids, asteroids, comets, and planetoids, as well as by spacecraft carrying unintended contamination by microorganisms,Forward planetary contamination like Tersicoccus phoenicis, that has shown resistance to methods usually used in spacecraft assembly clean rooms: known as directed panspermia.
Patrick Michel
Patrick Michel (born 25 February 1970 in Saint-Tropez, France) is a French planetary scientist, Senior Researcher at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), leader of the team TOP (Theories and Observations in Planetology) of the CNRS and Université Côte d'Azur Lagrange Laboratory at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice (France), and also a Global Fellow of the University of Tokyo.
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Photographic plate
Photographic plates preceded photographic film as a capture medium in photography.
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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. Asteroid and planet are solar System.
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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Planetesimal
Planetesimals are solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and debris disks.
Plasticity (physics)
In physics and materials science, plasticity (also known as plastic deformation) is the ability of a solid material to undergo permanent deformation, a non-reversible change of shape in response to applied forces.
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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. Asteroid and Pluto are solar System.
Power law
In statistics, a power law is a functional relationship between two quantities, where a relative change in one quantity results in a relative change in the other quantity proportional to a power of the change, independent of the initial size of those quantities: one quantity varies as a power of another.
Priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.
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 (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.
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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.
Protoplanetary disk
A protoplanetary disk is a rotating circumstellar disc of dense gas and dust surrounding a young newly formed star, a T Tauri star, or Herbig Ae/Be star.
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Provisional designation in astronomy
Provisional designation in astronomy is the naming convention applied to astronomical objects immediately following their discovery. Asteroid and Provisional designation in astronomy are minor planets.
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Psyche (spacecraft)
Psyche is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023 to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029.
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Quasi-satellite
A quasi-satellite is an object in a specific type of co-orbital configuration (1:1 orbital resonance) with a planet (or dwarf planet) where the object stays close to that planet over many orbital periods.
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Radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.
Regolith
Regolith is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock.
Resource depletion
Resource depletion is the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
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Rheasilvia
Rheasilvia is the largest impact crater on the asteroid Vesta.
Ribose
Ribose is a simple sugar and carbohydrate with molecular formula C5H10O5 and the linear-form composition H−(C.
RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule that is essential for most biological functions, either by performing the function itself (non-coding RNA) or by forming a template for the production of proteins (messenger RNA).
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RNA world
The RNA world is a hypothetical stage in the evolutionary history of life on Earth, in which self-replicating RNA molecules proliferated before the evolution of DNA and proteins.
Robert Luther
Karl Theodor Robert Luther (16 April 1822, Świdnica – 15 February 1900 Düsseldorf), normally published as Robert Luther, was a German astronomer.
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Rosetta (spacecraft)
Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004.
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Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science.
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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.
S-type asteroid
S-type asteroids are asteroids with a spectral type that is indicative of a siliceous (i.e. stony) mineralogical composition, hence the name.
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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. Asteroid and Saturn are solar System.
Saturn V
The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon.
Scattered disc
The scattered disc (or scattered disk) is a distant circumstellar disc in the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy small Solar System bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. Asteroid and scattered disc are solar System.
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ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily is an American website launched in 1995 that aggregates press releases and publishes lightly edited press releases (a practice called churnalism) about science, similar to Phys.org and EurekAlert!.
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is a collective term for scientific searches for intelligent extraterrestrial life, for example, monitoring electromagnetic radiation for signs of transmissions from civilizations on other planets.
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Semi-major and semi-minor axes
In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the two most widely separated points of the perimeter.
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Silicate mineral
Silicate minerals are rock-forming minerals made up of silicate groups.
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Silicon dioxide
Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula, commonly found in nature as quartz.
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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, a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite. Asteroid and small Solar System body are minor planets and solar System.
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Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.
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Solar electric propulsion
Solar electric propulsion (SEP) refers to the combination of solar cells and electric thrusters to propel a spacecraft through outer space.
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Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.
Solar wind
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona.
Space manufacturing
Space manufacturing or In-space manufacturing (ISM in short) is the fabrication, assembly or integration of tangible goods beyond Earth's atmosphere (or more generally, outside a planetary atmosphere), involving the transformation of raw or recycled materials into components, products, or infrastructure in space, where the manufacturing process is executed either by humans or automated systems by taking advantage of the unique characteristics of space.
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Space settlement
A space settlement (also called a space habitat, spacestead, space city or space colony) is a settlement in outer space, sustaining more extensively habitation facilities in space than a general space station or spacecraft.
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Space Studies Institute
Space Studies Institute is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1977 by Princeton University Professor Gerard K. O'Neill.
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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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Space-based solar power
Space-based solar power (SBSP, SSP) is the concept of collecting solar power in outer space with solar power satellites (SPS) and distributing it to Earth.
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Space.com
Space.com is an online publication focused on space exploration, astronomy, skywatching and entertainment, with editorial teams based in the United States and United Kingdom.
Spectral line
A spectral line is a weaker or stronger region in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum.
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Spectro-Polarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet Research
Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (VLT-SPHERE) is an adaptive optics system and coronagraphic facility at the Very Large Telescope (VLT).
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Spheroid
A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters.
Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), is an infrared space telescope launched in 2003, that was deactivated when operations ended on 30 January 2020.
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Stardust (spacecraft)
Stardust was a 385-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999.
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Stereoscope
A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image.
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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Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization.
Telescope
A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation.
The Astronomical Journal
The Astronomical Journal (often abbreviated AJ in scientific papers and references) is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal owned by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and currently published by IOP Publishing.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Tianwen-2
Tianwen-2 is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet exploration mission that is currently under development.
Tidal force
The tidal force or tide-generating force is a gravitational effect that stretches a body along the line towards and away from the center of mass of another body due to spatial variations in strength in gravitational field from the other body.
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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Trans-Neptunian object
A trans-Neptunian object (TNO), also written transneptunian object, is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than Neptune, which has an orbital semi-major axis of 30.1 astronomical units (au). Asteroid and trans-Neptunian object are solar System.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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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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University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Asteroid and Uranus are solar System.
Uranus trojans
A Uranus trojan is an asteroid that shares an orbit with Uranus and the Sun.
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V-type asteroid
A V-type asteroid or Vestoid is an asteroid whose spectral type is that of 4 Vesta.
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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Asteroid and Venus are solar System.
Very Large Telescope
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is an astronomical facility operated since 1998 by the European Southern Observatory, located on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
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Vesta family
The Vesta family (adj. Vestian) is a family of asteroids.
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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Water vapor
Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water.
White dwarf
A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter.
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE, observatory code C51, Explorer 92 and MIDEX-6) is a NASA infrared astronomy space telescope in the Explorers Program launched in December 2009.
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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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Yarkovsky effect
The Yarkovsky effect is a force acting on a rotating body in space caused by the anisotropic emission of thermal photons, which carry momentum. Asteroid and Yarkovsky effect are asteroids.
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10 Hygiea
Hygiea (minor-planet designation: 10 Hygiea) is a major asteroid located in the main asteroid belt.
101955 Bennu
101955 Bennu (provisional designation) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999.
110 Lydia
Lydia (minor planet designation: 110 Lydia) is a large belt asteroid with an M-type spectrum, and thus may be metallic in composition, consisting primarily of nickel-iron.
121 Hermione
Hermione (minor planet designation: 121 Hermione) is a very large binary asteroid discovered in 1872.
1221 Amor
1221 Amor is an asteroid and near-Earth object on an eccentric orbit, approximately in diameter.
15 Eunomia
Eunomia (minor planet designation 15 Eunomia) is a very large asteroid in the middle asteroid belt.
1566 Icarus
1566 Icarus (provisional designation) is a large near-Earth object of the Apollo group and the lowest numbered potentially hazardous asteroid.
15760 Albion
15760 Albion (provisional designation) was the first trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon.
16 Psyche
16 Psyche is a large M-type asteroid, which was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, on 17 March 1852 and named after the Greek goddess Psyche.
162173 Ryugu
162173 Ryugu (provisional designation) is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.
1862 Apollo
1862 Apollo is a stony asteroid, approximately 1.5 kilometers in diameter, classified as a near-Earth object (NEO).
2 Pallas
Pallas (minor-planet designation: 2 Pallas) is the third-largest asteroid in the Solar System by volume and mass.
20 Massalia
Massalia (minor planet designation: 20 Massalia) is a stony asteroid and the parent body of the Massalia family located in the inner region of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.
2013 ND15
(also written 2013 ND15) is an asteroid that is a temporary trojan of Venus, the first known Venus trojan.
2060 Chiron
2060 Chiron is a ringed small Solar System body in the outer Solar System, orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus.
21 Lutetia
Lutetia (minor planet designation: 21 Lutetia) is a large M-type asteroid in the main asteroid belt.
2101 Adonis
2101 Adonis, provisional designation:, is an asteroid on an extremely eccentric orbit, classified as potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group.
24 Themis
Themis (minor planet designation: 24 Themis) is one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt.
243 Ida
Ida, minor planet designation 243 Ida, is an asteroid in the Koronis family of the asteroid belt.
25143 Itokawa
25143 Itokawa (provisional designation) is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object of the Apollo group and a potentially hazardous asteroid.
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253 Mathilde
Mathilde (minor planet designation: 253 Mathilde) is an asteroid in the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter, that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at Vienna Observatory on 12 November 1885.
2867 Šteins
2867 Šteins (provisional designation) is an irregular, diamond-shaped background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.
3 Juno
Juno (minor-planet designation: 3 Juno) is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt. Asteroid and 3 Juno are solar System.
311P/PanSTARRS
311P/PanSTARRS also known as P/2013 P5 (PanSTARRS) is an active asteroid (object with asteroid-like orbit but with comet-like visual characteristics) discovered by Bryce T. Bolin using the Pan-STARRS telescope on 27 August 2013.
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3122 Florence
3122 Florence is a stony trinary asteroid of the Amor group.
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3200 Phaethon
3200 Phaethon (previously sometimes spelled Phaeton), provisionally designated, is an active Apollo asteroid with an orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid (though there are numerous unnamed asteroids with smaller perihelia, such as). For this reason, it was named after the Greek myth of Phaëthon, son of the sun god Helios.
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323 Brucia
Brucia (minor planet designation: 323 Brucia) is a stony Phocaea asteroid and former Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.
36 Atalante
Atalante (minor planet designation: 36 Atalante) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid.
37 Fides
Fides (minor planet designation: 37 Fides) is a large main-belt asteroid.
3753 Cruithne
3753 Cruithne is a Q-type, Aten asteroid in orbit around the Sun in 1:1 orbital resonance with Earth, making it a co-orbital object.
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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. Asteroid and 4 Vesta are solar System.
4179 Toutatis
4179 Toutatis (provisional designation) is an elongated, stony asteroid and slow rotator, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo asteroid group, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter.
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433 Eros
Eros (minor planet designation (433) Eros) is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object.
469219 Kamoʻoalewa
469219 Kamoʻoalewa, provisionally designated, is a very small asteroid, fast rotator and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately in diameter.
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47 Aglaja
47 Aglaja is a large, dark main belt asteroid.
5 Astraea
Astraea (minor planet designation: 5 Astraea) is an asteroid in the asteroid belt.
511 Davida
Davida (minor planet designation: 511 Davida) is a large C-type asteroid in the asteroid belt.
5535 Annefrank
5535 Annefrank, provisional designation, is a stony Florian asteroid and suspected contact binary from the inner asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers in diameter.
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64 Angelina
Angelina (minor planet designation: 64 Angelina) is an asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter.
65803 Didymos
65803 Didymos (provisional designation) is a sub-kilometer asteroid and binary system that is classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group.
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69230 Hermes
69230 Hermes is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid and binary system on an eccentric orbit, classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, that passed Earth at approximately twice the distance of the Moon on 30 October 1937.
704 Interamnia
704 Interamnia is a large F-type asteroid.
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7968 Elst–Pizarro
Comet Elst–Pizarro is a body that displays characteristics of both asteroids and comets, and is the prototype of active asteroids. Its orbit keeps it within the asteroid belt, yet it displayed a dust tail like a comet while near perihelion in 1996, 2001, and 2007.
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87 Sylvia
Sylvia (minor planet designation: 87 Sylvia) is one of the largest asteroids (approximately tied for 7th place, to within measurement uncertainties).
944 Hidalgo
944 Hidalgo is a centaur and unusual object on an eccentric, cometary-like orbit between the asteroid belt and the outer Solar System, approximately in diameter.
951 Gaspra
951 Gaspra is an S-type asteroid that orbits very close to the inner edge of the asteroid belt.
9969 Braille
9969 Braille, provisional designation, is an eccentric, rare-type and elongated asteroid from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, classified as Mars-crosser and slow rotator, approximately 1–2 kilometers in diameter.
99942 Apophis
99942 Apophis (provisional designation) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object with a diameter of that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability up to 2.7% that it would hit Earth on April 13, 2029.
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See also
Asteroids
- Active asteroid
- Asteroid
- Asteroid Day
- Asteroid belt
- Asteroid capture
- Asteroid family
- Asteroid impact avoidance
- Asteroid laser ablation
- Asteroid mining
- Asteroid pair
- Asteroidal achondrites
- Ceres Connection
- Colonization of the asteroid belt
- Commensurability (astronomy)
- Dynamic method
- E-belt asteroids
- Exoasteroid
- Extinct comet
- Gravitational keyhole
- Kirkwood gap
- Main-belt asteroids
- NEO-MAPP
- Observation arc
- Parent body
- Standard asteroid physical characteristics
- YORP effect
- Yarkovsky effect
Minor planets
- Asteroid
- Asteroids
- Critical-list minor planet
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
- Discoverers of minor planets
- Distant minor planets
- Dwarf planet
- Dwarf planets
- Exoasteroid
- Hills cloud
- Lists of minor planets
- Minor planet
- Minor-planet designation
- Observations of small Solar System bodies
- Oort cloud
- Provisional designation in astronomy
- Small Solar System body
- The Minor Planet Bulletin
References
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