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    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...
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    bodies (such as moons, asteroids, comets) and planetary systems (in particular those of the Solar System) and the processes of their formation. It studies...
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    objects of the Solar System List of Solar System extremes List of Solar System objects by size Outline of the Solar System Planetary mnemonic – Phrase used...
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  • by C. I. Defontenay, which depicts aliens living in an extrasolar planetary system. Most of these fictional stars and planets do not vary significantly...
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    A planetary coordinate system (also referred to as planetographic, planetodetic, or planetocentric) is a generalization of the geographic, geodetic, and...
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  • 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...
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    nebular hypothesis of solar system formation describes how protoplanetary disks are thought to evolve into planetary systems. Electrostatic and gravitational...
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    Planetary habitability in the Solar System is the study that searches the possible existence of past or present extraterrestrial life in those celestial...
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    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...
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    is unknown, planetary habitability is largely an extrapolation of conditions on Earth and the characteristics of the Sun and Solar System which appear...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    inner Solar System. The Solar System is unique in that it has multiple belts. The observation of other planetary systems has found these systems to have no...
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    Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), which maintains the astronomical naming conventions and planetary nomenclature for planetary bodies, and...
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    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...
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    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...
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    stellar encounters. Such a scenario may mean that Proxima Centauri's planetary companions have had a much lower chance for orbital disruption by Alpha...
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    the Solar System, such as asteroids, the Kuiper belt, and comets. Planetary geology largely applies concepts within the geosciences to planetary bodies in...
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    missions". Space.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024. NASA Lunar and Planetary Science NASA Solar System Strategic Exploration Plans Soviet Lunar, Martian, Venusian...
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    A planetary-mass object (PMO), planemo, or planetary body is, by geophysical definition of celestial objects, any celestial object massive enough to achieve...
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    are mass and metallicity because they determine how these planetary systems form. Systems with higher mass and metallicity tend to have more planets...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    planetary mass, including terrestrial planets (including Earth), dwarf planets, natural satellites, planetesimals and many other small Solar System bodies...
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    rise to planets. There are several processes that could give rise to planetary systems: "First generation" planets are planets that orbited the star before...
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    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...
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    different gear ratios can be realized. Epicyclic gearing or planetary gearing is a gear system consisting of one or more outer, or planet, gears or pinions...
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    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...
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  • 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"...
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