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Abbreviation of Alpha Crucis. A star in the constellation Crux the Southern Cross [Synonym of Acrux]
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1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:
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Of or relating to Alpha Centauri.
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(astronomy) A set of orbits in a region that contains asteroids or similar minor planets arrayed as an annulus around the planetary system's orbital center.
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A meteor forming part of a meteor shower appearing to originate from the constellation Auriga.
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Abbreviation of Beta Crucis. A star in the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross. [Synonym of Becrux]
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Ellipsis of Biot Crater.: A crater in Sea of Fertility, LQ21, Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System
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(astronomy) Pertaining to Chiron
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(astronomy) Pertaining to Chiron; Alternative form of Chironean
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(television) A display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving object in the picture.
adj
In the manner of a comet.
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(astronomy, constellations) Abbreviation of Crucis.
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(geology) mare basalt deposits, buried under the regolith of the moon
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The morning star; the planet Venus.
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A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
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Towards the fainter part of the galaxy (or other astronomical object).
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(astronomy) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
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The moon of the trans-Neptunian planetoid Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà
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(astronomy, planets) Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located between the asteroid belt and the sun, i.e., any of Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.
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(literary) The planet Venus as the daystar.
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(astronomy) A period of time, approximately 4 billion years ago, during which a large number of impact craters formed on Earth's Moon.
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In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.
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a theoretical inhabitant of the dwarf planet Makemake
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(astrology, obsolete) A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
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A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.
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(astronomy, geology) A mountain or extinct volcano on a planet or a moon.
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The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
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A moon that orbits a larger moon
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(astrology) In Vedic astrology, a ninth part or division of a zodiac sign.
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Alternative form of North Star (guiding light) [(astronomy) A star positioned circumpolar to the North Pole.]
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Alternative letter-case form of northern lights [The aurora of the northern hemisphere.]
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A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.
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(planetology) A basin in Nearside, Moon, Earth, Solar System
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An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
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(astronomy) The moon of the binary planetoid Lempo–Hiisi.
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(planetology) A valley within Gale Crater near the landing site (Bradbury Landing) of the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars.
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A group of smaller bodies (such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one or more stars.
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(astronomy, geology) Describing an eruption or volcano similar to those on Prometheus (the moon of Saturn)
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The planet Mars at an early stage.
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The planet Mercury at an early stage.
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The planet Venus at an early stage.
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Synonym of quasi-satellite.
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(astronomy) A crack or fissure on a lunar or planetary surface; a rille.
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(astronomy, geology) An escarpment on another planet or a moon.
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A lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon.
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(planetology) A basin in Nearside, Moon, Earth, Solar System; location of the first manned moon landing, in 1969.
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any satellite of the Earth's moon (none of which are known)
n
(astronomy) The western half of the northern constellation Serpens, said to resemble a snake. It is said to represent the head end of the snake.
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A small moon that orbits near the outer edges of a planetary ring or within gaps in the ring. The edge of the ring remains sharply defined owing to the gravity of shepherd moons.
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(astronomy, historical) A star given great significance by the Ancient Egyptians, believed to be Sirius by modern scholars.
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(astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
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(astronomy) Any extrasolar rocky planet several times larger than Earth, especially such a planet detected as it transits its sun.
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Ellipsis of Sea of Tranquility. [(planetology) A basin in Nearside, Moon, Earth, Solar System; location of the first manned moon landing, in 1969.]
adj
Alternative form of trans-Jovian [Further from the Sun than Jupiter is.]
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