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| image=[[Image:Tau ceti map.png|250px|Location of Tau Ceti]] | caption=Tau Ceti (highlighted center) in the southern part of the constellation Cetus. }} ...

| period = 113,183 [[day|d]] (309.88 [[Julian year (astronomy)|a]]) ...bstract/1538-3881/138/2/428/ The rotation period and light-curve amplitude of Kuiper belt dwarf planet 136472 Makemake ({{mp|2005 FY|9}})], ''The Astrono ...

| caption = The location of Barnard's Star ...="simbad">{{cite web | title=SIMBAD Query Result: V* V2500 Oph -- Variable of BY Dra type | publisher=Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg | wor ...

...etween the orbits of [[Mars]] and Jupiter (white) and the [[Hilda family]] of asteroids (brown).]] ...regions around these Lagrangian points with an average [[semi-major axis]] of about 5.2&nbsp;AU.<ref name=Yoshida2005/> ...

| caption = Location of Vega in the constellation Lyra. }} | title=The determination of T_eff for metal-poor A-type stars using V and 2MASS J, H and K ma ...

...n. For the photochemical usage, see [[bathochromic shift]]. For other uses of the phrase "red shift" or "redshift", see [[redshift (disambiguation)]].}} ...galaxies (right), as compared to absorption lines in the optical spectrum of the Sun (left). Arrows indicate redshift. Wavelength increases up towards t ...

...,000 low-luminosity stars (red and white dwarfs) from the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.]] ...ence''' is a continuous and distinctive band of stars that appear on plots of stellar [[Color index|color]] versus brightness. These color-[[absolute mag ...

caption=The position of Sirius. }} ...by SIMBAD from the [[Hipparcos]] catalogue, pertains to the center of mass of the Sirius system. See &sect;2.3.4, ''[http://www.rssd.esa.int/SA/HIPPARCO ...

...cluster)|Pleiades]], an [[open cluster]] of stars in the [[constellation]] of [[Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]]. ''[[NASA]] photo'']] ...brightest stars gained proper names. Extensive [[star catalogue|catalogues of stars]] have been assembled by astronomers, which provide standardized [[st ...

[[File:Protoplanetary-disk.jpg|thumb|400px|Artist's conception of a [[protoplanetary disc]]]] ...ote: per [[WP:BOLDTITLE]], topic name should NOT be bold because the title of this article is descriptive--> ...

...rmatting and layout of this infobox has been matched with the other bodies of the solar system. Please do not arbitrarily change it without discussion. Scroll down to edit the contents of this page. ...

|residence = [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]]</br> [[Old Swiss Confederacy|S ...of Sciences|Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences]]</br> [[Prussian Academy of Sciences|Berlin Academy]] ...

...System's largest objects (radius, mass, orbital distance etc.) see [[List of Solar System objects in hydrostatic equilibrium]]}} [[Image:Planets2008.jpg|right|390px|thumb|[[Planet]]s and [[dwarf planet]]s of the Solar System. Sizes are to scale, but relative distances from the Sun a ...

{{otheruses8|the cosmological model of the universe|Big Bang (disambiguation)|Big Bang Theory (disambiguation)}} ...cheme above is an artist's concept illustrating the expansion of a portion of a flat universe.</small>]] ...

|field = [[Astronomy]], [[mathematics]], [[seismology]], [[hydraulics]], [[geography]], [[ethnog ...millary sphere]], [[pi|pi calculation]], [[shi (poetry)|''shi'']], [[Shape of the Universe|universe model]], [[lunar eclipse]] and [[solar eclipse]] theo ...

The fixed point (analogous to the origin of a [[Cartesian coordinate system|Cartesian system]]) is called the '''pole'' ==History== ...

[[File:Arecibo message.svg|thumb|right|140px|A graphical representation of the [[Arecibo message]] - Humanity's first attempt to use radio waves to ac ...e of [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial civilizations]] and the lack of evidence for, or contact with, such civilizations. ...

...) and the blue one is labeled "d" (for "down" quark). The color assignment of individual quarks is not important, only that all three colors are present. | caption = A proton, composed of two up quarks and one down quark ...

...[[universe]].<ref name=Montmerle2006/> The widely accepted modern variant of the nebular hypothesis is '''Solar Nebular Disk Model''' (SNDM) or simply ' ...Thus the formation of planetary systems is thought to be a natural result of star formation. A sun-like star usually takes around 100&nbsp;million years ...

...nit]]s. The pronounced gap at the bottom is due to obscuration by the band of the [[Milky Way]].]] ...eology)|rock]] and [[metal]], the Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen [[volatiles]] (termed "ices"), such as [[methane]], [[ammonia]] and ...