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- ...ting for the Sun|The Metre<font color=black>"<br />"</font>Waiting for the Sun]] ...the album, like those on "[[The Metre/Waiting for the Sun|Waiting for the Sun]]", were his "most personal and direct yet".<ref name=PCentral39 /> Fanning ...24 KB (3,395 words) - 05:31, 16 August 2009
- ...is a [[star]] in the [[constellation]] [[Cetus]] that is similar to the [[Sun]] in [[mass]] and [[Stellar classification|spectral type]]. At just under 1 ...Intelligence]] (SETI) searches, given its stability and similarity to the Sun, and it appears in some [[science fiction]] literature. ...35 KB (5,101 words) - 20:07, 10 August 2009
- | metal = 10-32% [[Sun]]<ref name="Gizis">{{cite journal | author = Gizis, John E. | year = 1997| ...hich remains the largest known proper motion of any star relative to the [[Sun]].<ref name="EEB">{{cite journal ...30 KB (4,146 words) - 19:05, 17 August 2009
- ...ri]] system, and it is the [[List of nearest stars|nearest star]] to the [[Sun]].<ref name="ESO2003"/> ...th of the Sun's, and its average [[density]] is about 40 times that of the Sun.<ref group="nb" name="density" /> Although it has a very low average [[lumi ...43 KB (6,190 words) - 12:22, 5 February 2010
- | metal=117<ref name="nras278" /><ref name="mnras267" />/– % Sun ...his is smaller than the orbit of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] around the [[Sun]]. ...42 KB (6,228 words) - 21:20, 5 February 2010
- ...ucted relatively close to the [[ecliptic]] (the region of the sky that the Sun, Moon and planets appear to lie in, as seen from Earth), due to the greater ...name=Tegler/> Nevertheless, Makemake's orbit is slightly farther from the Sun in terms of both the [[semi-major axis]] and [[apsis|perihelion]]. Its [[or ...31 KB (4,447 words) - 13:41, 3 May 2011
- ...generate energy. Stars below about 1.5 times the [[Solar mass|mass of the Sun]] (or 1.5 solar masses) primarily fuse hydrogen atoms together in a series ...ed into two distinct groups. These stars are either much brighter than the Sun, or much fainter. To distinguish these groups, he called them "giant" and " ...49 KB (7,190 words) - 18:56, 4 June 2009
- ...loud]]. Most of the collapsing mass collected in the centre, forming the [[Sun]], while the rest flattened into a [[protoplanetary disc]] out of which the ...ly, over the course of [[10^12|trillions]] of years, it is likely that the Sun will be left alone with no bodies in orbit around it.<ref name=dyson /> ...85 KB (12,829 words) - 17:09, 18 August 2009
- {{dablink|This article is about the Sun and its planetary system. For other systems, see [[Planetary system]] and [ ...s of the Solar System. Sizes are to scale, but relative distances from the Sun are not.]] ...82 KB (12,278 words) - 17:12, 18 August 2009
- ...f planetary systems is thought to be a natural result of star formation. A sun-like star usually takes around 100 million years to form.<ref name=Mon ...ulties. The main problem was [[angular momentum]] distribution between the Sun and planets. The planets have 99% of the momentum, and this fact could not ...50 KB (7,534 words) - 17:00, 23 June 2009
- ...rus and [[Sirius]], one of the most [[luminosity|luminous]] stars in the [[Sun]]'s neighborhood. ...to be termed, "arguably the next most important star in the sky after the Sun".<ref name=apj429/> Historically, Vega served as the [[North Star|northern] ...61 KB (9,014 words) - 18:27, 9 August 2009
- ...oscopic dust as evidenced by their enhanced brightness when backlit by the Sun.<ref name="Smith1989" /> ...ependence of the ring's reflectivity on the angle between the observer and Sun), and geometrical and [[bond albedo]] of ring particles.<ref name="Smith198 ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 17:10, 4 April 2011
- ...group of objects that share the orbit of the planet [[Jupiter]] around the Sun. Relative to Jupiter, each Trojan [[Libration|librates]] around one of the ...y]] discovered an [[asteroid]] at the {{L4}} [[Lagrangian point]] of the [[Sun]]–[[Jupiter]] system, later named [[588 Achilles]].<ref name=Nicholso ...27 KB (3,965 words) - 06:02, 30 July 2009
- ...]s are yellow, while Jupiter's are pink. The scattered objects between the Sun and the Kuiper belt are known as [[Centaur (planetoid)|centaurs]]. The scal ...nomical unit|AU]]) to approximately 55 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] from the [[Sun]]. <ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/490/2/ ...58 KB (9,031 words) - 16:11, 18 August 2009
- ...n absolute visual magnitude of 1.42. It is 25 times more luminous than the Sun<ref name="apj_630" /> but has a significantly lower luminosity than other b ...ble just before sunrise after moving far enough away from the glare of the sun. This occurred just before the annual flooding of the [[Nile]] and the summ ...58 KB (8,480 words) - 20:27, 18 August 2009
- ...ther stars are visible in the night sky, when they are not outshone by the Sun. Historically, the most prominent stars on the [[celestial sphere]] were gr | title = How the Sun Shines | publisher = Nobel Foundation ...96 KB (14,170 words) - 15:20, 20 August 2009
- ...ollection of atmospheric data would be relegated to times of day where the sun's electromagnetic emissions did not drown out the laser's signal. The addit ...px|A high resolution version of the spectrum and Fraunhofer lines of the [[Sun]]. Each of the 50 slices covers 60 angstroms, for a complete spectrum acros ...33 KB (4,583 words) - 15:34, 16 August 2009
- ...except Oberon (see below).<ref name=Grundy2006/> Because Uranus orbits the Sun almost on its side, and its moons orbit in the planet's equatorial plane, t ...e of the flyby the southern hemisphere of Oberon was pointed towards the [[Sun]], so the northern (dark) hemisphere could not be studied.<ref name=Smith19 ...25 KB (3,710 words) - 20:43, 4 August 2009
- ...t|delayed]] by the warping of [[space and time]] (blue lines) due to the [[Sun]]'s mass.]] ...ein predicted the [[Tests of general relativity#Deflection of light by the Sun|gravitational deflection of light]]: in a gravitational field, light is def ...67 KB (9,914 words) - 21:17, 11 August 2009
- ..."Ephemeris Type: ELEMENTS", "Target Body: Neptune Barycenter" and "Center: Sun".</ref><ref name=barycentre>Orbital elements refer to the barycentre of the ...= 1.767975° to [[Ecliptic]]<br />6.43° to [[Ecliptic#Ecliptic_and_planets|Sun’s equator]]<br>0.72° to [[Invariable plane]]<ref name=meanplane>{{cite web ...83 KB (11,988 words) - 11:30, 20 August 2009