List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2188

Not to be confused with the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy.The Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy or SagDIG is a dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Sagittarius. It lies about 3.4 million […]

An eccentric Jupiter is a Jovian planet that orbits its star in an eccentric orbit.

The Karin asteroid family or Karin cluster is a sub-family of the Koronis family. It consists of at least 90 main-belt asteroids. What makes them special is that scientists have […]

34351 Decatur (2000 RZ8) is the name of an asteroid that was discovered in September 2000 by L. Ball at Emerald Lane Observatory in Decatur Alabama.

Gliese 777 often abbreviated as Gl 777 or GJ 777 is a yellow subgiant approximately 52 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. The system is also a binary star […]

Epsilon Reticuli (Epsilon Ret ε Reticuli ε Ret) is a double star approximately 59 light-years away in the constellation of Reticulum. The primary component is an orange subgiant while the […]

The neon-burning process is a set of nuclear fusion reactions that take place in massive stars (at least 8 Solar masses). Neon burning requires high temperatures and densities (around 1.2×109 […]

HD 210277 is a 7th magnitude star in the constellation of Aquarius. It is a yellow dwarf star (spectral type G0V) with a mass around 0.92 times that of our […]

Asteroid 5141 Tachibana was discovered on December 16 1990 by Tsutomu Seki at Geisei. It bore the provisional designation of 1990 YB until it received its current name. Seki named […]

Alpha Columbae (α Columbae α Col) is the Bayer designation for a third magnitude star in the southern constellation of Columba. It has the traditional name of Phact which is […]