List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2287

Th’uban is also an enemy in the video game Final Fantasy X.Thuban also known by its Bayer designation Alpha Draconis (α Draconis α Dra) is a star (or star system) […]

Telesto (/tɨˈlɛstoʊ/ tə-LES-toh Greek: Τελεστώ) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Smith Reitsema Larson and Fountain in 1980 from ground-based observations and was provisionally designated S/1980 S […]

Spica (/ˈspaɪkə/; α Vir α Virginis Alpha Virginis) is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo and the 15th brightest star in the night sky. It is a blue giant […]

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46 it is almost twice as bright as Canopus the next brightest star. The name […]

Rigel also known by its Bayer designation Beta Orionis (β Ori β Orionis) is the brightest star in the constellation Orion and the seventh brightest star in the night sky […]

Procyon (α CMi α Canis Minoris Alpha Canis Minoris; Br. pronunciation /ˈprəʊsɪən/) is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor. To the naked eye it appears to be a […]

Naiad (/ˈneɪ.əd/ NAY-əd or /ˈnaɪ.əd/ NY-əd; Greek: Ναϊάδ-ες) also known as Neptune III is the innermost satellite of Neptune named after the Naiads of Greek legend.Naiad was discovered sometime before […]

Nereid is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has a highly eccentric orbit. It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.

Mira (/ˈmaɪrə/ also known as Omicron Ceti ο Ceti ο Cet) is a red giant star estimated 200–400 light years away in the constellation Cetus. Mira is a binary star […]

Miranda is the smallest and innermost of Uranus’s five major moons.It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on February 16 1948 at McDonald Observatory. It was named after Miranda from William […]