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  Luminosity

  In general physics, luminosity (more properly called luminance) is the density of luminous intensity in a given ... > more
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  Gas giant

  A gas giant is a large planet that is not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. Gas giants may have a rocky or metallic core—in fact, such a core is thought to be required for a gas ... > more
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  Geosynchronous orbit

  A geosynchronous orbit is a geocentric orbit that has the same orbital period as the sidereal rotation period of the Earth. It has a semi-major axis of 42,164 km (26,200 miles). In the special case ... > more
• Black Holes
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  Geomagnetic reversal

  A geomagnetic reversal is a change in the orientation of Earth's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south become interchanged. The Earth's magnetic north pole is ... > more
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  Solar eclipse

  A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. This configuration can only occur during a New Moon, when the ... > more
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  Sun

  The Sun is the spectral type G2V yellow star at the center of our solar system. About 5 million tons of matter is converted by the Sun's core into energy every second, producing neutrinos and solar ... > more
• Atmosphere
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  Ionosphere

  The ionosphere is the part of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere. It has practical ... > more
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  Aurora (astronomy)

  The aurora is a glow observed in the night sky, usually in the polar zone. It is also known as "northern lights" or "aurora borealis," which is Latin for "northern dawn" since in Europe especially, ... > more
• Sun
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  Earth's magnetic field

  Earth's magnetic field (and the surface magnetic field) is approximately a magnetic dipole, with one pole near the geographic north pole and the other near the geographic south pole. The locations of ... > more
• Solar System
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  Neptune's natural satellites

  Neptune has 13 known moons. The largest by far is Triton, discovered by William Lassell just 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself. It took a hundred years to discover the second, Nereid. ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Asteroid belt

  The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. Despite popular imagery, the ... > more
• Stars
  Eris (Xena)
  Galaxies
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  Brown dwarf

  Brown dwarfs were originally called black dwarfs, a classification for dark substellar objects floating freely in space which were too low in mass to sustain stable hydrogen ... > more

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