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  • ...0px|A simulated [[black hole]] of ten solar masses as seen from a distance of 600 [[kilometers]] with the [[Milky Way]] in the background.]] ...t. The relation is specified by the [[Einstein field equations]], a system of [[partial differential equations]]. ...
    160 KB (21,329 words) - 06:49, 19 August 2009
  • {{This|the moon of Uranus|Oberon}}<!-- Scroll down to edit the contents of this page. ...
    25 KB (3,710 words) - 20:43, 4 August 2009
  • ...ping at random would, as part of its output, [[almost surely]] produce one of Shakespeare's plays.]] ...t of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of [[William Shakespeare]]. ...
    37 KB (5,653 words) - 08:08, 11 August 2009
  • The fixed point (analogous to the origin of a [[Cartesian coordinate system|Cartesian system]]) is called the '''pole'' ==History== ...
    35 KB (5,187 words) - 09:51, 14 August 2009
  • |name = Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Άρχιμήδης) |school_tradition = [[Euclid|Euclid of Alexandria]]<br />[[Natural philosophy]] ...
    58 KB (8,563 words) - 21:09, 6 May 2010
  • ...h and the probe (green wave) are [[Shapiro effect|delayed]] by the warping of [[space and time]] (blue lines) due to the [[Sun]]'s mass.]] ...erved gravitational attraction between [[mass]]es results from the warping of [[space and time]] by those masses. ...
    67 KB (9,914 words) - 21:17, 11 August 2009
  • ...) and the blue one is labeled "d" (for "down" quark). The color assignment of individual quarks is not important, only that all three colors are present. | caption = A proton, composed of two up quarks and one down quark ...
    61 KB (8,771 words) - 19:12, 19 August 2009
  • | style="font-size: smaller; text-align: justify;" | An illustration of the [[helium]] atom, depicting the [[atomic nucleus|nucleus]] (pink) and th | Smallest recognized division of a [[chemical element]] ...
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  • ...etween the orbits of [[Mars]] and Jupiter (white) and the [[Hilda family]] of asteroids (brown).]] ...regions around these Lagrangian points with an average [[semi-major axis]] of about 5.2&nbsp;AU.<ref name=Yoshida2005/> ...
    27 KB (3,965 words) - 06:02, 30 July 2009
  • ...n. For the photochemical usage, see [[bathochromic shift]]. For other uses of the phrase "red shift" or "redshift", see [[redshift (disambiguation)]].}} ...galaxies (right), as compared to absorption lines in the optical spectrum of the Sun (left). Arrows indicate redshift. Wavelength increases up towards t ...
    66 KB (9,812 words) - 16:59, 27 April 2010
  • | caption = The location of Barnard's Star ...="simbad">{{cite web | title=SIMBAD Query Result: V* V2500 Oph -- Variable of BY Dra type | publisher=Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg | wor ...
    30 KB (4,146 words) - 19:05, 17 August 2009
  • ...nit]]s. The pronounced gap at the bottom is due to obscuration by the band of the [[Milky Way]].]] ...eology)|rock]] and [[metal]], the Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen [[volatiles]] (termed "ices"), such as [[methane]], [[ammonia]] and ...
    58 KB (9,031 words) - 16:11, 18 August 2009
  • caption=The position of Sirius. }} ...by SIMBAD from the [[Hipparcos]] catalogue, pertains to the center of mass of the Sirius system. See &sect;2.3.4, ''[http://www.rssd.esa.int/SA/HIPPARCO ...
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  • {{otheruses8|the cosmological model of the universe|Big Bang (disambiguation)|Big Bang Theory (disambiguation)}} ...cheme above is an artist's concept illustrating the expansion of a portion of a flat universe.</small>]] ...
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  • |residence = [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]]</br> [[Old Swiss Confederacy|S ...of Sciences|Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences]]</br> [[Prussian Academy of Sciences|Berlin Academy]] ...
    47 KB (6,597 words) - 20:37, 30 July 2009
  • ...System's largest objects (radius, mass, orbital distance etc.) see [[List of Solar System objects in hydrostatic equilibrium]]}} [[Image:Planets2008.jpg|right|390px|thumb|[[Planet]]s and [[dwarf planet]]s of the Solar System. Sizes are to scale, but relative distances from the Sun a ...
    82 KB (12,276 words) - 02:46, 16 June 2010
  • Scroll down to edit the contents of this page. | caption = Image of Callisto obtained in 2001 by NASA's ''Galileo'' spacecraft (Courtesy NASA/J ...
    50 KB (7,326 words) - 08:23, 11 August 2009
  • ...,000 low-luminosity stars (red and white dwarfs) from the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.]] ...ence''' is a continuous and distinctive band of stars that appear on plots of stellar [[Color index|color]] versus brightness. These color-[[absolute mag ...
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  • ...cluster)|Pleiades]], an [[open cluster]] of stars in the [[constellation]] of [[Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]]. ''[[NASA]] photo'']] ...brightest stars gained proper names. Extensive [[star catalogue|catalogues of stars]] have been assembled by astronomers, which provide standardized [[st ...
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  • | symbol = [[File:Earth symbol.svg|25px|Astronomical symbol of Earth]] | image = [[File:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg|240px|A color image of Earth, as seen from Apollo 17]] ...
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