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This second greek letter is used to designate the second brightest star

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This constellation's symbol is the scales

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From the greek meaning long hair these celestial bodies can have enormous tails

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As it diminishes the moon is said to be waning; as it grows fuller it's doing this

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This alexandrian astronomer discusses eclipses in book vi of his 2nd century work almagest

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When the sun is on the celestial meridian it's this time where you are

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They are estimated to add more than 1000 tons to the earth's weight each day

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Like quasars these stars also send out radio waves but in short rapid bursts

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Latin for hairy star recent ones include hyakutake & shoemaker-levy

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Zubenelgenubi a star in this constellation tips the scales at an apparent magnitude of 2.9

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These twinkling objects remnants of supernovas are thought to be rapidly revolving neutron stars

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From the latin for kernel this solid center of a comet consists of ice & dust particles

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The seas on the moon actually regions of iron-rich basaltic lava are called this in latin

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Hubble studies have indicated that these star systems like the milky way may total 50 billion

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The geminids is an important winter shower of these

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The milky way is part of a cluster of these called the local group

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The diameter of this satellite of pluto is just over half that of pluto

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This supergiant pulsating variable star is also called the north star

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It was the first planet discovered with a telescope

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The ancient chinese thought these dark areas on the sun looked like flying birds

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Elliptical irregular & spiral are the 3 main types of these star systems

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To compute the distance from earth to a star measure its angle of this

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In 2015 the nasa spacecraft dawn became the first probe to orbit a dwarf planet: this one in the asteroid belt

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Earth-based observations in 1977 discovered these around uranus

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These have been described as dirty snowballs of dust & ice orbiting the sun

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The whirlpool galaxy is classified as one of this shape

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Meteors also known as shooting stars may be debris left by these icy bodies traveling around the sun

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It's the occupation of the constellation sagittarius

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From latin for mixing bowl these are found on mercury & mars as well as on the moon

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Of the planets with rings this one's can be seen through a small telescope

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Following the mercury missions this nasa program sent 2-man crews to space

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Found between aquarius & aries the 2 parts of this constellation are connected at their tails

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They are estimated to add more than 1000 tons to the earth's weight each day

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Black holes are thought to power these remote objects named for their resemblance to stars

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If you're serious about your astronomy you should know that this star is the brightest in the night sky

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In 2011 this most distant planet in our solar system completed its first orbit of the sun since being discovered in 1846

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You can have a roaring good time watching this meteor shower that put on an historic show in 1833

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The name of these fuzzy-looking objects comes from a greek word meaning long-haired

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The northern cross is part of this constellation which is said to look like a swan

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It's the brightest star in the constellation ursa minor

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In 1986 a rare celestial pair was discovered; a neutron star & dwarf or dying star labeled this color

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In 2015 the nasa spacecraft dawn became the first probe to orbit a dwarf planet: this one in the asteroid belt

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This constellation's symbol is the scales

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This greek letter the one that's usually used to designate the second brightest star in a constellation

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Zubenelgenubi a star in this constellation tips the scales at an apparent magnitude of 2.9

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American astronomer asaph hall discovered this planet's moons phobos & deimos

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In august 1993 the observer probe sent to study this planet was lost in space

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In terms of size this planet is considered the earth's twin

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The seas on the moon actually regions of iron-rich basaltic lava are called this in latin

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The stars that once formed scorpio's claws now balance out this constellation

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Planet on which you'd find the 15-mile-high volcano olympus mons

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In 1679 danish astronomer ole romer was the first to figure out the speed of this

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For a solar eclipse to occur the moon must be in this phase

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Among planets in our solar system this one is the closest in diameter to earth's

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Lucifer was the old name for this planet when visible as the morning star

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As the evening star this planet has been called hesperus

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Its moon phobos is only 14 miles across while its second moon deimos is even smaller

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Astronomers put their heads together & found this to be the largest constellation in the sky

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When the sun is on the celestial meridian it's this time where you are

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The greatest meteor showers radiate from this constellation of the lion every 33 years

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This dwarf planet was closer to the sun than neptune until march 15 1999

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After earth it's the planet whose day is closest to 24 hours long

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The radius of this planet is almost exactly 4000 miles

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Watch this nearby planet through a telescope & you'll see it go through phases like the moon; galileo did

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