Mercury is the smallest and closest to the Sun of the eight planets in the Solar System with an orbital period of about 88 Earth days. Seen from Earth it […]
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Lysithea (moon)
Lysithea (/laɪˈsɪθiə/ ly-SITH-ee-ə /lɨˈsɪθiə/ li-SITH-ee-ə; Greek: Λυσιθέα) is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938 at Mount Wilson Observatory and is named […]
Earth
Earth also known as the Earth and the World is the third planet from the Sun and the densest planet in the Solar System. It is also the largest of […]
Carme (moon)
Carme (/ˈkɑrmiː/ KAR-mee; Greek: Κάρμη) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in July 1938. It is […]
Barnard’s Star
Barnard’s Star /ˈbɑrnərd/ is a very low-mass red dwarf star about six light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus the Snake-holder. Barnard’s Star is the fourth-closest known individual […]
Epsilon Ursae Majoris
Epsilon Ursae Majoris (Epsilon UMa ε Ursae Majoris ε UMa) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Major (despite its Bayer designation being merely epsilon) and at magnitude 1.76 […]
Altair
Altair (Alpha Aquilae Alpha Aql α Aquilae α Aql Atair) is the brightest star in the constellation Aquila and the twelfth brightest star in the night sky. It is currently […]
Aldebaran
Aldebaran /ælˈdɛbərən/ (α Tau α Tauri Alpha Tauri) is an orange giant star located about 65 light years away in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. With an average apparent magnitude […]
Antares
Antares (α Scorpii α Sco Alpha Scorpii) is a red supergiant star in the Milky Way Galaxy and the sixteenth brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is sometimes listed […]
Arcturus
Arcturus (/ɑrkˈtjʊərəs/; α Boo α Boötis Alpha Boötis) of the constellation Boötes is the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere. With a visual magnitude of −0.04 it is the […]