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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... sizes of entire planets and even stars. [10] ... on implications of computing on the massive scale of ...
Typical DSO survey in Celestia. Celestia versions 1.6.3 and under display the Hipparcos Catalogue (HIP) of 118,322 stars and a compiled catalogue of galaxies, while version 1.7.0 includes stars from the Tycho-2 Catalogue alongside the Hipparcos stars, with some data from Gaia, increasing the star count to over 2 million. [23]
First confirmed planet ever discovered outside the Solar System together with the less massive Draugr, one of three pulsar planets known to be orbiting the pulsar Lich. [160] [161] Unclear whether the planets are survivors or formed in a second round of planet formation from the remnants of the supernova (see exoplanet and pulsar planets ...
WASP-31b is a low-density (puffy) "hot Jupiter" exoplanet with a mass about 0.48 times that of Jupiter and a radius about 1.55 times that of Jupiter. [2] [1] The planetary atmosphere has indeed the largest scale height, equal to 1150km, among exoplanets with measurable atmospheres as at 2021.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... on the sun but on a much larger scale. [113 ... the ecliptic to be occulted by the major planets, ...
BD+20 594b indicates that the planet circles a star found in the Bonner Durchmusterung catalogue, BD +20° 594, the 594th entry in the +20-degree zone (declinations from +19 to +20 degrees), [2] and that it is the first planet discovered orbiting that star.
47 Ursae Majoris is the Flamsteed designation.On their discoveries the planets were successively designated 47 Ursau Majoris b, c and d. In July 2014 the International Astronomical Union launched NameExoWorlds, a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets and their host stars. [11]
The three belt stars were collectively known by many names in many cultures. Arabic terms include Al Nijād 'the Belt', Al Nasak 'the Line', Al Alkāt 'the Golden Grains or Nuts', and, in modern Arabic, Al Mīzān al Ḥakk 'the Accurate Scale Beam'. In Chinese mythology, they were also known as the Weighing Beam.