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...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 ...

caption=The position of Sirius. }} ...by SIMBAD from the [[Hipparcos]] catalogue, pertains to the center of mass of the Sirius system. See §2.3.4, ''[http://www.rssd.esa.int/SA/HIPPARCO ...

{{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>]] ...

|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]] ...

...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 ...

Scroll down to edit the contents of this page. | caption = Image of Callisto obtained in 2001 by NASA's ''Galileo'' spacecraft (Courtesy NASA/J ...

...,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 ...

...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 ...

| 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]] ...

| period = 113,183&nbsp;[[day|d]] (309.88 [[Julian year (astronomy)|a]]) ...bstract/1538-3881/138/2/428/ The rotation period and light-curve amplitude of Kuiper belt dwarf planet 136472 Makemake ({{mp|2005 FY|9}})], ''The Astrono ...

| image=[[Image:Tau ceti map.png|250px|Location of Tau Ceti]] | caption=Tau Ceti (highlighted center) in the southern part of the constellation Cetus. }} ...

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| caption = Location of Vega in the constellation Lyra. }} | title=The determination of T_eff for metal-poor A-type stars using V and 2MASS J, H and K ma ...

[[File:Arecibo message.svg|thumb|right|140px|A graphical representation of the [[Arecibo message]] - Humanity's first attempt to use radio waves to ac ...e of [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial civilizations]] and the lack of evidence for, or contact with, such civilizations. ...

...[[universe]].<ref name=Montmerle2006/> The widely accepted modern variant of the nebular hypothesis is '''Solar Nebular Disk Model''' (SNDM) or simply ' ...Thus the formation of planetary systems is thought to be a natural result of star formation. A sun-like star usually takes around 100&nbsp;million years ...

|field = [[Astronomy]], [[mathematics]], [[seismology]], [[hydraulics]], [[geography]], [[ethnog ...millary sphere]], [[pi|pi calculation]], [[shi (poetry)|''shi'']], [[Shape of the Universe|universe model]], [[lunar eclipse]] and [[solar eclipse]] theo ...

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...0px|A simulated [[black hole]] of ten solar masses as seen from a distance of 600&nbsp;[[kilometers]] with the [[Milky Way]] in the background.]] ...t. The relation is specified by the [[Einstein field equations]], a system of [[partial differential equations]]. ...