Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry... 99 KB (10,181 words) - 10:00, 22 April 2024 |
Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, cosmological, calendrical... 81 KB (10,061 words) - 14:55, 4 March 2024 |
of astronomy is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to astronomy and cosmology, their sub-disciplines, and related fields. Astronomy is... 160 KB (18,354 words) - 13:10, 19 April 2024 |
Sun (redirect from Sun (astronomy)) Unsolved problem in astronomy: Why is the Sun's corona so much hotter than the Sun's surface? (more unsolved problems in astronomy) The temperature of... 166 KB (18,761 words) - 20:14, 21 April 2024 |
In astronomy, an epoch or reference epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity. It is useful for... 24 KB (3,440 words) - 01:49, 22 April 2024 |
Babylonian astronomy was the study or recording of celestial objects during the early history of Mesopotamia. The numbering system used, sexagesimal,... 29 KB (3,550 words) - 23:53, 21 April 2024 |
Egyptian astronomy Hebrew astronomy Indian astronomy Maya astronomy Inuit astronomy Persian astronomy Serbian folk astronomy Tibetan astronomy Nakh... 3 KB (280 words) - 21:07, 21 June 2023 |
Indian astronomy refers to astronomy practiced in the Indian subcontinent. It has a long history stretching from pre-historic to modern times. Some of... 69 KB (7,671 words) - 10:56, 22 March 2024 |
Geodetic astronomy or astronomical geodesy (astro-geodesy) is the application of astronomical methods into geodetic networks and other technical projects... 4 KB (425 words) - 23:24, 14 January 2024 |
Look up astronomy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects. Astronomy may also refer to: Astronomy (Dragonland... 784 bytes (110 words) - 01:41, 19 June 2023 |
Animation of barycenters In astronomy, the barycenter (or barycentre; from Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús) 'heavy', and κέντρον (kéntron) 'center') is the... 16 KB (1,521 words) - 16:00, 25 February 2024 |
Milky Way (redirect from Milky Way (astronomy)) direction. solar system portal outer space portal astronomy portal Baade's Window Galactic astronomy Galactic Center GeV excess Oort constants The distance... 209 KB (20,990 words) - 05:02, 21 April 2024 |
Submillimetre astronomy or submillimeter astronomy (see spelling differences) is the branch of observational astronomy that is conducted at submillimetre... 8 KB (857 words) - 00:17, 22 November 2023 |
Egyptian astronomy began in prehistoric times, in the Predynastic Period. In the 5th millennium BCE, the stone circles at Nabta Playa may have made use... 19 KB (2,208 words) - 02:47, 31 March 2024 |
Constellation (redirect from Constellation (astronomy)) astrological divisions became prominent c. 400 BC in Babylonian or Chaldean astronomy. Constellations appear in Western culture via Greece and are mentioned... 50 KB (5,390 words) - 14:40, 11 April 2024 |
Sidewalk astronomy or street corner astronomy refers to the activity of setting up a telescope in an urban place on a for-profit or non-profit basis as... 8 KB (685 words) - 04:41, 18 October 2023 |
"Astronomy" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult that has appeared on several of the band's albums. It was first released on their 1974 album... 5 KB (556 words) - 06:43, 31 October 2023 |
to note [that] this period was called "Saron" by Chaldean authors of astronomy, … ) " … Sari mensura & numerus apud Chaldaeos, etenim 120 Sari constituunt... 23 KB (2,939 words) - 11:53, 9 April 2024 |
Ancient Greek astronomy is the astronomy written in the Greek language during classical antiquity. Greek astronomy is understood to include the Ancient... 34 KB (4,080 words) - 07:16, 23 April 2024 |
In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft appear to be close to each other in the sky. This means they have either... 29 KB (3,560 words) - 06:09, 14 April 2024 |
Ultraviolet astronomy is the observation of electromagnetic radiation at ultraviolet wavelengths between approximately 10 and 320 nanometres; shorter... 9 KB (855 words) - 14:37, 2 April 2024 |
Spherical astronomy, or positional astronomy, is a branch of observational astronomy used to locate astronomical objects on the celestial sphere, as seen... 6 KB (662 words) - 17:07, 22 October 2023 |
In astronomy, the meridian is the great circle passing through the celestial poles, as well as the zenith and nadir of an observer's location. Consequently... 4 KB (398 words) - 15:30, 1 March 2024 |
In astronomy, a syzygy (/ˈsɪzədʒi/ SIZ-ə-jee; from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía) 'union, yoke') is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or... 6 KB (688 words) - 00:35, 21 November 2023 |