Not to be confused with the asteroid called 5 AstraeaAdrastea (/ædrəˈstiːə/ ad-rə-STEE-ə; Greek: Αδράστεια) also known as Jupiter XV is the second by distance and the smallest of the four […]
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Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri (α Centauri α Cen; also known as Rigil Kent /ˈraɪdʒəl ˈkɛnt/—see Names) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus and the third brightest star in […]
ALGOL
ALGOL (short for ALGOrithmic Language) is a family of imperative computer programming languages originally developed in the mid-1950s which greatly influenced many other languages. It was the standard method for […]