planetary system is a set of gravitationally bound non-stellar objects in or out of orbit around a star or star system. Generally speaking, systems with... 47 KB (5,449 words) - 02:42, 6 January 2024 |
by C. I. Defontenay, which depicts aliens living in an extrasolar planetary system. Most of these fictional stars and planets do not vary significantly... 49 KB (3,427 words) - 23:02, 28 April 2024 |
component of satellite systems around giant planets like Saturn. A ring system around a planet is also known as a planetary ring system. The most prominent... 37 KB (3,753 words) - 14:43, 29 March 2024 |
Protoplanetary disk (redirect from Proto-planetary disk) nebular hypothesis of solar system formation describes how protoplanetary disks are thought to evolve into planetary systems. Electrostatic and gravitational... 21 KB (2,123 words) - 14:34, 18 February 2024 |
Exoplanet (redirect from Other Planetary Systems) April 2024, there are 5,653 confirmed exoplanets in 4,161 planetary systems, with 896 systems having more than one planet. The James Webb Space Telescope... 146 KB (15,828 words) - 18:56, 20 April 2024 |
Planetary habitability in the Solar System is the study that searches the possible existence of past or present extraterrestrial life in those celestial... 47 KB (5,437 words) - 03:18, 3 March 2024 |
Planet (redirect from Planetary bodies) substantial planetary system than a metal-poor, population II star. According to the IAU definition, there are eight planets in the Solar System, which are... 195 KB (20,575 words) - 05:22, 26 April 2024 |
is unknown, planetary habitability is largely an extrapolation of conditions on Earth and the characteristics of the Sun and Solar System which appear... 112 KB (13,242 words) - 22:29, 19 April 2024 |
Rogue planet (redirect from Interstellar planetary mass object) originate from planetary systems in which they are formed and later ejected, or they can also form on their own, outside a planetary system. The Milky Way... 76 KB (7,487 words) - 10:48, 27 April 2024 |
Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), which maintains the astronomical naming conventions and planetary nomenclature for planetary bodies, and... 26 KB (2,031 words) - 13:15, 16 April 2024 |
Lists of planets (redirect from List of planetary bodies) April 2024, there are 5,616 confirmed exoplanets in 4,174 planetary systems, with 948 systems having more than one planet. Most of these were discovered... 9 KB (781 words) - 23:38, 27 April 2024 |
Proxima Centauri (redirect from Closest extrasolar planetary system) stellar encounters. Such a scenario may mean that Proxima Centauri's planetary companions have had a much lower chance for orbital disruption by Alpha... 101 KB (10,193 words) - 23:43, 18 April 2024 |
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file... 20 KB (1,487 words) - 19:09, 18 April 2024 |
are mass and metallicity because they determine how these planetary systems form. Systems with higher mass and metallicity tend to have more planets... 260 KB (8,682 words) - 22:41, 12 April 2024 |
the Solar System, such as asteroids, the Kuiper belt, and comets. Planetary geology largely applies concepts within the geosciences to planetary bodies in... 19 KB (1,083 words) - 16:08, 4 April 2024 |
star systems. Star systems are not to be confused with planetary systems, which include planets and similar bodies (such as comets). A star system of two... 41 KB (4,555 words) - 15:17, 18 April 2024 |
Dwarf planet (redirect from Planetary dwarf) likeliest dwarf planets and dates of discovery A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to... 96 KB (8,944 words) - 14:11, 27 April 2024 |
Aquarius (constellation) (section Planetary systems) that there are several stars lying within its borders that possess planetary systems. The two brightest stars, α Aquarii and β Aquarii, are luminous yellow... 36 KB (3,975 words) - 04:48, 28 April 2024 |
Puppis (section Planetary systems) July 1, 2003, a planet was found orbiting the star HD 70642. This planetary system is much like Jupiter with a wide, circular orbit and a long-period... 7 KB (732 words) - 16:22, 4 April 2024 |
Planetary migration occurs when a planet or other body in orbit around a star interacts with a disk of gas or planetesimals, resulting in the alteration... 40 KB (5,112 words) - 22:08, 13 April 2024 |
Kepler-442 (redirect from Kepler-442 planetary system) term planetary candidate is used. Following the acceptance of the discovery paper, the Kepler team provided an additional moniker for the system of "Kepler-442"... 12 KB (1,279 words) - 21:19, 19 April 2024 |
character exploring a planetary system stuck in a 22-minute time loop that ends with the sun going supernova. The player explores the system on foot and in a... 70 KB (6,405 words) - 17:11, 12 April 2024 |