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The Kepler space telescope is a defunct space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars. Named after astronomer...172 KB (16,217 words) - 18:48, 3 August 2024
Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Notable asteroid mining...95 KB (9,405 words) - 00:21, 23 July 2024
The study of extraterrestrial atmospheres is an active field of research, both as an aspect of astronomy and to gain insight into Earth's atmosphere. In...103 KB (11,003 words) - 11:23, 1 August 2024- NASA has hosted many events for its social media enthusiasts called NASA Socials (formerly NASA Tweetups) beginning in 2009. These events are targeted...107 KB (4,863 words) - 19:46, 3 August 2024
Former constellations are old historical Western constellations that for various reasons are no longer widely recognised or are not officially recognised...25 KB (774 words) - 00:42, 2 July 2024- Tau1 Gruis, Latinized from τ1 Gruis, and catalogued as HD 216435 and HR 8700, is a yellow-hued star approximately 108 light-years away in the constellation...10 KB (659 words) - 03:43, 17 July 2024
Grigory Abramovich Shajn (Russian: Григорий Абрамович Шайн) (April 19, 1892 – August 4, 1956) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration...5 KB (420 words) - 17:04, 31 October 2023
258 Tyche is a relatively large main belt asteroid discovered by Robert Luther at Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory on 4 May 1886. The stony S-type asteroid...6 KB (351 words) - 10:53, 2 August 2024
254 Augusta is a main-belt asteroid, discovered on 31 March 1886 by astronomer Johann Palisa at Vienna Observatory, Austria. The stony S-type asteroid...4 KB (208 words) - 10:54, 2 August 2024
2002 Euler is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers (11 miles) in diameter. It was discovered...9 KB (601 words) - 21:43, 14 January 2024- 2984 Chaucer, provisionally designated 1981 YD, is a main-belt asteroid, which was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson...4 KB (195 words) - 22:51, 19 December 2023
- 2486 Metsähovi, provisional designation 1939 FY, is a stony asteroid and synchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately...7 KB (382 words) - 22:43, 19 December 2023
2747 Český Krumlov (Czech: [ˈtʃɛskiː ˈkrumlof]), provisional designation 1980 DW, is a carbonaceous asteroid and slow rotator from the outer regions of...16 KB (991 words) - 21:22, 14 January 2024
Peter R. McCullough (/məˈkʌlə/; born August 20, 1964) is an American astronomer, founder of the XO Project and discoverer of extrasolar transiting planets...7 KB (580 words) - 04:25, 22 December 2023