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Missing topics in astronomy and space
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Areas of astronomy[edit]
Astronomical theories[edit]
- Anti-spiral theorem - ()
- false vacuum theory - ()
- Goddard Earth Model of Earth gravity - ()
- Kant-Laplace Cosmogonia Hypothesis - ()
- Lané's law - ()
- Larson's Law - ()
- Lin-Shu Hypothesis - ()
- Oblique rotator theory - ()
- Period-luminosity law for Cepheid variables – ()
- Planetary theory - ()
- Pogson scale - ()
- Prasad-Taradfar Mechanism - ()
- Rood-Sastry classification - ()
- Scale Expanding Cosmos - ()
- Seegler's Theorem - ()
- Skumanich law - ()
- theorem of detailed cosmic reversibility - ()
- Tidal theories – ()
Solar system theories[edit]
- Catastrophic event theories of the solar system - ()
- Collision theories of planetary formation - ()
- Encounter theories - ()
- Tidal theories of planetary formation - ()
- Two-body theories of planetary formation - ()
Astronomical terminology[edit]
- acronical rise - ()
- Acronical rising, acronical setting - () / ()
- acronical set - ()
- Advection-dominated flow, (ADAF) - ()
- aeroassist - ()
- Alignment effect - ()
- Amorphotoi - ()
- Aperiodic behavior - ()
- Aplanatic system - ()
- Aspheric surface - ()
- Astration – ()
- astrometeric planet - ()
- Astronomical cycle - ()
- Astronomical phenomena - ()
- Astronomical triangle - ()
- Asymmetric drift - ()
- Atmospheric compensation - ()
- backup crew - ()
- barbecue mode - ()
- Big Splat - ()
- Bipolar group - ()
- braking ellipse - ()
- Braking index - ()
- burn date - ()
- Burst source - ()
- Caloric equator - ()
- captive firing - ()
- circular velocity - ()
- Cold night sky - ()
- Continued spectrum - ()
- Continuum spectrum - ()
- Controlled collision- ()
- corotation torque - ()
- Dark halo crater - ()
- de-urbie burn - ()
- Draconic chart - ()
- Early Heavy Bombardment - ()
- East point (astronomy) - ()
- endoatmospheric - ()
- Equipotential principle - ()
- Expanding-cluster parallax - ()
- extraterrestrial contamination - ()
- Fildampedtergram - ()
- Following edge, following member - () / ()
- Following spot - ()
- Geocentric zenith - ()
- greening the galaxy - ()
- Harrison-Wheeler spectrum - ()
- Hemispherical albedo - ()
- Homopause effect - ()
- hubble (unit) - ()
- Hunten limiting flux - ()
- Hyperboloid reflection - ()
- intravehicular activity - ()
- Jovian jet - ()
- Lambert sphere - ()
- Leading spot, preceding spot - () / ()
- Line of inversion - ()
- Line receiver - ()
- Lobate ridge - ()
- Log N-log S diagram - ()
- Lunar phase number - ()
- Mean place - ()
- Moon shadow - ()
- Negative meniscus - ()
- Observing log - ()
- Optic window - ()
- Path of totality, zone of totality - () / ()
- payload servicing mission - ()
- perennial heat source - ()
- perigee propulsion - ()
- Period gap - ()
- Periodic Steady State - ()
- permanently crewed capability - ()
- Phase defect - ()
- Phase rotator - ()
- Photometric transit depth - ()
- Photovisual magnitude - ()
- Physical libration - ()
- piggyback experiment - ()
- planetary dichotomy - ()
- planetary vorticity – ()
- planiscape - ()
- posigrade rocket - ()
- post-boost phase - ()
- Power pattern - ()
- Preceding spot - ()
- Radio brightness - ()
- Radio core - ()
- Radio map - ()
- Radio-source spectrum - ()
- Radio-source structure - ()
- Red variable - ()
- Reflection spectrum - ()
- Right-ascension circle - ()
- Ring mountain - ()
- Rocky dwarf - ()
- science payload - ()
- Seasonal constellation - ()
- Second ascension - ()
- Slow nova - ()
- Slow pulsator - ()
- South point - ()
- South polar distance - ()
- Spectrum variable - ()
- Stellar active region - ()
- Stellar position - ()
- Stellar statistics - ()
- Sub-Earth point - ()
- Sublunar point - ()
- Superlight source, superluminal source - () / ()
- System noise - ()
- T association - ()
- Thassaloid - ()
- Tidal lag - ()
- Topocentric coordination - ()
- Topocentric zenith distance - ()
- Total magnitude - ()
- Transition Diagram Editor - ()
- Translucent interstellar cloud - ()
- Trumpler's classification - ()
- Tychonic scale - ()
- Unification scheme - ()
- Very massive object (VMO) -()
- Zenith attraction – ()
Cosmology[edit]
- Antimatter cosmology - ()
- C-reversed Universe - ()
- Charge parity reversed universe - ()
- Cosmological density - ()
- Cosmological energy - ()
- Cosmological optical depth - ()
- CP-reversed universe - ()
- CPT-reversed universe - ()
- Decoupling era - ()
- Evolutionary universe - ()
- Focusing Relativistic Universe and Cosmic Evolution - ()
- Heavy Particle Era - ()
- Hierarchical Universe - ()
- Light Particle Era - ()
- Multiple connected space - ()
- Phoenix universe - ()
- Primeval fireball - ()
- Primeval nebula - ()
- Primordial Era - ()
- Primordial material - ()
- Soft excess - ()
- Standard epoch - ()
- String gas cosmology - ()
Astrophysics[edit]
- Aggregation of matter - ()
- Approach velocity - ()
- Arch filament - ()
- Background temperature - ()
- Baryon density parameter - ()
- Beam efficiency - ()
- Circumpolar polarization - ()
- Circumstellar jet - ()
- Comparison spectrum - ()
- Coronal gas - ()
- Coronographic hole - ()
- Decametric radiation - ()
- Dense core - ()
- Dichroic extinction - ()
- Emission measure - ()
- Entropy per baryon - ()
- Field distortion - ()
- Filamentary structure - ()
- Galactic radiation - ()
- Gas hypersensitization, gas hypering - () / ()
- General velocity - ()
- Globular cluster luminosity function - ()
- Ground slate - ()
- Hadronic string models - ()
- Holmberg radius - ()
- Interstellar polarization - ()
- Interstellar scintillation - ()
- Ionization front - ()
- Ionization zone - ()
- Kelvin timescale - ()
- Mass Transfer in Binary Star Systems - ()
- Mean density of matter - ()
- Metal ratio - ()
- Nonthermal emission, nonthermal radiation - () / ()
- Optical temperature - ()
- Parabolic velocity - ()
- Parallactic ellipse - ()
- Parallactive inequality - ()
- Period-density relation - ()
- Polarization curve - ()
- Pulsating phenomenon - ()
- Quark-hadron phase transition - ()
- R association - ()
- Radiation temperature - ()
- Razin effect, Razin-Tsytorich effect - ()
- Recombination line emission - ()
- Recombination time - ()
- Reflectance spectra - ()
- Relativistic astrophysics - ()
- Schmidt-Chandrasekhar limit - ()
- Secular acceleration - ()
- Self-absorption - ()
- Space density - ()
- Sphere gravitation force - ()
- Spider diffraction - ()
- Streaming motion - ()
- Temperature minimum - ()
- Ultraluminous radiation – ()
Astronomical mathematics[edit]
- Annual equation, annual inequality - ()- ()
- celestial equation - ()
- Lagrange's planetary equation - ()
- Planetary equations planetary equation - ()
- Sire formula - ()
- Transit Detection Algorithm - ()
Galaxies and galaxy types[edit]
- 3C 264 - ()
- Binary galaxy - ()
- Compact galaxy - ()
- Dl galaxy - ()
- Double galaxy - ()
- ED galaxy - ()
- exploding galaxy – ()
- Giant galaxy - ()
- Giant radio galaxy - ()
- Grasshopper-Galaxies - ()
- Head-tail galaxy - ()
- IRAS galaxy - ()
- MRC 0344-291 - ()
- Right galaxy - ()
- VV 162 - ()
[edit]
- Compact groups of galaxies - ()
- diffuse galactic light - ()
- Galactic cap - ()
- Galactic circle - ()
- Galactic fountain - ()
- Galactic potential - ()
- Galaxy harassment - ()
- Galaxy observable - ()
- Galaxy observable observable galaxy - ()
- Late-type galaxies - ()
- Lyman-alpha cloud - ()
- North galactic spur - ()
- Northern Galactic Cap - ()
- Three kiloparsec arms - ()
Astronomical objects[edit]
- Abell 3165 - ()
- ALOS-4 - ()
- CX330 - ()
- Galactic Center Radio Arc - ()
- Gliese 229D 251, brown dwarf - ()
- GS 758 - ()
- IRAS 18508-7815, a quasar - ()
- Kapteyn group - ()
- KOI-433.02m - ()
- Lovelock Black Hole - ()
- Monoceros R2 - ()
- N132D, supernova remnant - ()
- OB Association - ()
- Orion association - ()
- Pre-Nectarian System - ()
- Serpens cloud - ()
- Serpentid - ()
- SN 2007on, supernova - ()
- Supermassive JO100+2802 - ()
- Very Fast Moving Object (VFMO) - ()
- Volans-Carina - ()
Object types[edit]
- BAL quasar, broad absorption line quasar - ()
- Bent double radio source - ()
- Broad absorption line pulsar (BAL) - ()
- Circumstellar cloud - ()
- Circumstellar jet - ()
- Compact steep-spectrum radio source - ()
- Double radio source - ()
- Filled supernova remnant - ()
- Flat-spectrum radio source - ()
- Gamma-ray pulsar - ()
- Gamma-ray transient - ()
- Interstellar bubble - ()
- Steep-spectrum radio source - ()
- Unresolved source - ()
- Variable radio source - ()
Clusters[edit]
- Irregular cluster - ()
- Melotte 15 - ()
- Poor cluster - ()
- Regular cluster - ()
- Rich cluster - ()
Associations[edit]
- Chamaeleon T association - ()
- Lupus T association - ()
- MBM 12 association - ()
- R Corona Australis T association - ()
- T Association of Stars - ()
- Taurus-Auriga T association - ()
- Velorum T association - ()
Nebulae[edit]
- Kleinman-Low nebula, KL nebula - ()
- Orion Molecular Cloud 1 - ()
- Orion Molecular Cloud 2 - ()
Stars and star types[edit]
- Clock Star - ()
- Coalesced star - ()
- Coronal star - ()
- Disk population star - ()
- HdC star - ()
- heavy metal star - ()
- Intermediate-luminosity red transient - ()
- Lithium star - ()
- Manganese star - ()
- MPS star - ()
- Nova-like star - ()
- Passive star - ()
- Precataclysmic binary - ()
- Subluminous star - ()
- Ultraviolet star - ()
- Yt orionis Star - ()
- Z source - ()
- Zirconium star – ()
Individual stars[edit]
- 10 Tucanae - ()
- AF Cygni - ()
- CY Aquarii - ()
- FN Tau - ()
- HP 47964 - ()
- LMC X-3 - ()
- NGC 5621 - ()
- Omega Serpentids - ()
- Sagittarius B - ()
- Sagittarius XR-1 - ()
- Sagittarius XR-4 - ()
- Sigma Serpentids - ()
- SX Herculis - ()
- Taurus X-1 - ()
- VY Serpentis - ()
- WHO G64, supergiant – - ()
[edit]
- Arm population, of stars - ()
- Self-propagating star formation - ()
- Star density - ()
- Star-formation efficiency (SFE) - ()
- Star-formation rate (SFR) - ()
Planetology[edit]
- Accretionary growth - ()
- Kasting climate model - ()
- Light mantle, lunar -- ()
- planetary evolution - ()
- Planetary volcanism - ()
- Stellar collision theory - ()
Planetary locations[edit]
- Anticyclonic White Oval WS-4, Jupiter – ()
- Armis Mons, Mars - ()
- Callas (crater) - ()
- Copernicus System, Moon - ()
- Coprates Canyon, Mars - ()
- Gargantuan Basin, Oceanus Procellarum - ()
- Gossamer Ring, Jupiter - ()
- Hevelius formation - ()
- Imbrian System, Moon - ()
- Io torus, Jupiter - ()
- Kofels crater, Austria - ()
Exoplanets[edit]
- Ophiuchi 1622 (with exoplanet) - ()
Planet types[edit]
Exoplanet search projects[edit]
- Lyot Project - ()
- Nancay Decametric Search - ()
- Pulsar Planet Detection - ()
- Search for Trojan Extrasolar Planets - ()
- Vulcain Camera Project - ()
- Vulcain South - ()
Planetoids[edit]
- 1991 RY16, Asteroid 10537 - () / ()
- 2003 EL16, Large Kuiper belt object - ()
- 2008 CT1 - ()
- Amor group (planetoids) - ()
- Apollo-Amor object - ()
- Capricornids - ()
- Cygnids - ()
- Krentz group - ()
- Ophiuchids - ()
- Pisces Australids – ()
Craters[edit]
Comets[edit]
- C/1853 E1, comet - ()
- Comet Linear 4 -()
- De Chaseaux's comet - ()
[edit]
- Comet family - ()
- Comet group - ()
- Cometary nebula - ()
- Cometary outburst - ()
Meteorites[edit]
- aerosiderolite – ()
- Bjurböle meteorite - ()
- Greensburg meteorite - ()
- Meteoritic abundance - ()
- Radar meteor - ()
- Radio meteor - ()
- Vaca Muerta meteorite – ()
[edit]
Earth[edit]
Sun[edit]
- Active Sun - ()
- Annual Sunspot Numbers - ()
- Antizenitic Passage of the Sun - ()
- Attenuation of solar radiation - ()
- Boulder sunspot number - ()
- Coronal gas - ()
- Coronal lines Coronal line - ()
- Direct solar radiation - ()
- Heliographic latitude - ()
- Heliographic longitude - ()
- Solar aspect - ()
- Solar beam - ()
- Solar chemistry - ()
- Solar geometry - ()
- Solar motion - ()
- Solar subdivision - ()
- Solar surface fusion - ()
- Solar transmittance - ()
- Sun's longitude - ()
- Sunspace - ()
- Sunspot index - ()
- White-light corona - ()
[edit]
- African Astronomical Society - ()
- Arthur C. Clarke Foundation - ()
- Astrophysical Data and Information Services - ()
- Astrophysics Data and Information Services - ()
- Aten group (astronauts) - ()
- British National Space Council - ()
- Campaign for Cooperation in Space - ()
- Center of Archaeoastronomy - ()
- Centro de Astrobiologia - ()
- China's Space Medical Institute - ()
- Chinese Astronomical Society - ()
- Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy - ()
- Federal Space Agency - ()
- First Space Academy - ()
- FKA Mission Control Center - ()
- German Space Society - ()
- Hungarian Astronomical Association - ()
- Indian Space Program Research Organization - ()
- Indian Space Research Association - ()
- Indiana Princeton Tennessee Astrobiology Institute - ()
- Inmarsat International Maritime Satellite Organization - ()
- Institute for Future Space Transport - ()
- International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry - ()
- International Astrobiology Society - ()
- International Space Environment Service - ()
- International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy - ()
- Irish Astronomical Association (IAA) - ()
- Kovac Planetarium - ()
- LaunchPoint Technologies, planning orbit-launch accelerator - ()
- Los Angeles Astronomical Society - ()
- Manned Space Flight for Mission Operations - ()
- MarsDrive Consortium - ()
- Minor Planet Amateur-Professional Workshop - ()
- Mount Wilson Observatory Association - ()
- NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium - ()
- Naval Center for Space Technology - ()
- New Mexico Space Grant Consortium - ()
- No Weapons in Space Campaign - ()
- Nordic Planetarium Association - ()
- Norsk Astronomisk Selskap - ()
- Norwegian Astronomical Society - ()
- Office of Advanced Research and technology (OART), NASA - ()
- Office of Manned Space Flight - ()
- Ohio Aerospace Institute - ()
- Omilos Filon Astronomias - ()
- Peru Space Agency (CONIDA) - ()
- Portuguese Spacial Company - ()
- Radio Astronomy Center - ()
- Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics - ()
- Sagarmatha Satellite Earth Station, Nepal - ()
- Sanriku Balloon Center - ()
- Saunders Planetarium, Tampa, Florida - ()
- Small Satellite Research Institute - ()
- Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy - ()
- Space Radar Laboratory - ()
- Space Solar Alliance for Future Energy - ()
- Space Travel Museum - ()
- Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy - ()
[edit]
- Astronaut Support Person (ASP) - ()
Observatories[edit]
- Ben Nevis Observatory - ()
- Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array, BIMA array - ()
- Evans Solar Facility - ()
- Hilltop Dome Facility - ()
- Indian River Observatory - ()
- Iowa Robotic Observatory - ()
- Kharkov Astronomical Observatory, Ukraine - ()
- Kremsmunster Observatory - ()
- Laplace's Nebular Observatory - ()
- Maxwell Observatory - ()
- Observatoire astronomique d'Alger, Algeria - ()
- Observatorium Tusculanum - ()
- Pataliputra Observatory - ()
- Princeton University Observatory - ()
- Submillimeter Telescope Observatory (SMTO) -- ()
- Suffa Radio Observatory - ()
- Zelenchukskaya Observatory – ()
Space centers[edit]
- Beijing space city - ()
- Center for Integrative Planetary Science - ()
- Dongfeng Space City - ()
- German-Spanish Astronomical Center, Spain - ()
- Kislovodsk Mountain Astronomical Station - ()
- National Space Surveillance Control Center - ()
- Shanghai space city - ()
- SPACETRACK Operations Center - ()
- Wenchang space city - ()
- Xichang Launch Area 1 - ()
- Xichang Launch Area 2 - ()
- Xichang Launch Area 3 - ()
- Yantai space city – ()
Astronomical research projects[edit]
- Automated Robotic Terrestrial Exoplanet Microlensing Search (ARTEMiS) - ()
- Bonn Survey - ()
- Exosat database - ()
- Genesis Solar Wind Sample Returns missions - ()
- High Frontier Initiative - ()
- Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites - ()
- Meteorite Observation and Recovery Project (MORP) - ()
- Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS) - ()
- Rover Program - ()
- Solar/Terrestrial Energy Programme (STEP) -()
- Southern Survey - ()
- Stellar Planet Survey - ()
- Transatlantic Exoplanet Survey - ()
[edit]
- Astronomical theodolite - ()
- Astronomical traverse - ()
- Bertele eyepiece - ()
- Bessalian eyepiece - ()
- Bouwens' Universe Construction Set - ()
- Cambridge Radio Survey - ()
- charring ablator - ()
- Color space array - ()
- Compact Array - ()
- Danjon prismatic astrolabe - ()
- Declination variometer - ()
- Deployable Mesh Reflector Antenna for Space Applications - ()
- Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor - ()
- Draw tube - ()
- dust detector - ()
- Earth Station Onboard Vessel - ()
- earth-based telescope - ()
- fallaway section - ()
- Flux collector - ()
- Gamma-ray solid-state detector - ()
- Ground instrumentation - ()
- Guidance site - ()
- High-Resolution Echelle Spectrometer - ()
- hypersolid fuel, hypergel - ()
- hypervelocity gun (HVG) - ()
- ICP spectroscopy - ()
- Image photon counting system (IPCS) - ()
- Image tube (astronomy) - ()
- LOX-hydrogen engine - ()
- lubrication in space - ()
- maneuver pad - ()
- Manned launcher - ()
- Maser amplifier - ()
- Minnesota Automated Plate Scanner - ()
- Mobile Lunar Laboratory - ()
- Moving Object and Transient Event Search System - ()
- Multilaunch vehicle - ()
- Narrow-band photometry - ()
- NSO Integrated Synoptic Program (NISP) – ()
- nuclear-electric propulsion system - ()
- Optical Surface Reflector - ()
- Orbiting Quarantine Facility (OQF) - ()
- Pencil-beam survey - ()
- Photoconductive detector - ()
- Photoelectric photometry - ()
- Photographic photometry - ()
- Photographic zenith tube (PZT) - ()
- Photovoltaic detector - ()
- Photozenith tube - ()
- Plasma Contractor Unit, international space station - ()
- precombination chamber - ()
- Prismatic astrolabe - ()
- Radio heliograph - ()
- Reentry control system - ()
- regenerative life support system (RLSS) - ()
- restricted propellant - ()
- robotics in space – ()
- sea-level engine - ()
- self-replicatory system (SRS) - ()
- Shenzhou IVA space suit- ()
- Solar WIMP capture - ()
- Space navigation and guidance - ()
- Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Program - ()
- Space Physics Analysis Network - ()
- Space power systems - ()
- Space sensor – ()
- Spacecraft clock - ()
- Spacecraft navigation - ()
- Spacecraft tracking - ()
- Star tracking - ()
- Surface penetrator spacecraft - ()
- Total-power receiver - ()
- Traverse vehicle - ()
- Whipple model - ()
- Whiteoak Extension - ()
- Zenith tube – ()
- zero gravity casting - ()
Observation technology[edit]
- Asteroid Impact Monitor (AIM) - ()
- Astronomy software, astronomical software - () / ()
- CICLOPS Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations - ()
- Cosmic Observer Background Explorer - ()
- Deep space imager - ()
- Environmental Satellite System - ()
- EOS Polar Ground Network - ()
- Fourier tachometer - ()
- French-Russian-American Mars Balloon Relay - ()
- Gas scintillation proportional counter - ()
- Grating spectrograph - ()
- Imaging proportional counter (IPC) - ()
- Infrared Radiometer for Millimetre Astronomy - ()
- Intermediate Dispersion Spectrograph - ()
- Laser Interferometry Gravitational-Wave Observatory - ()
- Long-focus photographic astrometry - ()
- Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer - ()
- Prismatic astrolabe - ()
- Science Instrument Module - ()
- Solar magnetograph - ()
- Space nuclear auxiliary power - ()
- X-ray imaging spectrometer – ()
Telescopes[edit]
- 16-inch Telescope - ()
- 2.3-m Advanced Technology Telescope - ()
- 24-inch Telescope - ()
- 40-inch Telescope - ()
- Chris Cross Telescope - ()
- Coded-mask telescope - ()
- Electron telescope - ()
- Explosive Transient Camera/Rapidly Moving Telescope - ()
- Far Infrared and Submillimeter Telescope (FIRST) - ()
- Galileian telescope - ()
- High Resolution Mirror Assembly - ()
- Hungarian-made Automatic Telescope Network - ()
- Kitt Peak Solar Telescope - ()
- Korean YSTAR Telescope - ()
- Libyan National Telescope Project - ()
- Light Particle Telescope - ()
- Liquid Lunar Telescope - ()
- Planet Search Telescope - ()
- Rice Liquid Mirror Telescope - ()
- Rich field telescope - ()
- Rigel Telescope - ()
- Shain Cross Telescope - ()
- UB-Lavall Telescope - ()
- Whipple 10 me - ()
- Willstrop telescope - ()
Radio telescopes[edit]
[edit]
- Aplanation Gregorian - ()
- Dew-cap - ()
- Fraunhofer eyepiece - ()
- Gaussian eyepiece - ()
- Guide telescope - ()
- Lunar telescope - ()
- Next-generation telescope - ()
- Richest-field telescope (RFT) -- ()
- Springfield mount - ()
- Synthesis telescope - ()
Satellites[edit]
- CORONAS-F - ()
- Cosmos 914 - ()
- DesertSat - ()
- Earth System Science Pathfinder - ()
- ETS-IX - ()
- European Orbiter - ()
- Global Broadcast Satellite (CBS) – ()
- International Marine Satellite - ()
- International marine satellite - ()
- International Microgravity Laboratory - ()
- KH satellite series - ()
- Kosmos-1900 - ()
- Laser Aerodynamics Satellite - ()
- Micro Lab Sat 1 - ()
- National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite - ()
- Orbiting Solar Laboratory (OSL) - ()
- Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite - ()
- San Marco I, Italian satellite - ()
- Simon Bolívar Satellite System - ()
- Special Sensor Gamma/X-Ray Detector - ()
- Tb-1 satellite – ()
Satellite types[edit]
- Information satellite - ()
- polar orbiting platform (POP) - ()
- polar orbiting satellite - ()
Spaceflight[edit]
Spacecraft types[edit]
- chaser spacecraft - ()
- Compound rocket - ()
- control rocket - ()
- crew-tended spacecraft - ()
- flexible spacecraft - ()
- Manned Flying System - ()
Specific spacecraft[edit]
- Ariel spacecraft - ()
- Baby Rocket, Japan - ()
- Brazilian Exploration Vehicle - ()
- Copernicus (spacecraft) - ()
- Indus 1 - ()
- Intrepid Interstellar Explorer - ()
- Lunar Flying Vehicle - ()
- Midori spacecraft - ()
- Mobile Lunar Laboratory - ()
- Molniya launch vehicle - ()
- Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle - ()
- Nato III - ()
- Project Aelita - ()
- Shenzhou Cargo - ()
- Shenzhou Z - ()
- Tammouz rocket – ()
Orbital matters[edit]
- Aperiodic behaviour - ()
- apsidal angle - ()
- astrometric orbit - ()
- ballistic flyby - ()
- Central orbit - ()
- Constant of precession - ()
- Crossing time - ()
- Declination adjustment - ()
- Direct orbit - ()
- Dynamics of an asteroid - ()
- Earth-rotation synthesis, supersynthesis - () / ()
- Eccentricity perturbation Eccentricity perturbations - () / ()
- Ecliptic limit - ()
- Equator of illumination - ()
- Equinox motion - ()
- Galacto-centric orbit - ()
- Hill/Lagrance stability - ()
- hyperbolic ejection - ()
- hyperbolic velocity - ()
- Kepler's rule - ()
- Mean daily motion - ()
- Nearest Center Orbit Twins - ()
- orbit trim maneuver - ()
- Orbital momentum - ()
- Orbital opening, orbital openings (launch window?)- ()
- Packed Planetary Systems hypothesis - ()
- Planar orbit - ()
- Planar Three-Body Problem - ()
- planetary orbital operations - ()
- Precessional constant - ()
- Precessional torque - ()
- Quasi-periodic stability - ()
- radial-velocity planet - ()
- Resonance transition - ()
- Secular perturbation - ()
- Skip trajectory - ()
- Spacecraft Maneuvers spacecraft maneuvers- ()
- spectroscopic orbit - ()
- Tidal capture - ()
- tidal quality factor - ()
- Time of perihelion passage - ()
- trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) - ()
- True equator and equinox - ()
- Virial equilibrium, virial temperature - () / ()
Historical astronomy[edit]
- ancient astronomical instruments - ()
- Aztec astronomy – ()
- megalithic astronomy - ()
Astronomical Catalogs and the like[edit]
- Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae - ()
- Full-wave catalog - ()
- Fundamental catalog - ()
- Herbig–Bell catalog - ()
- Lynds catalog - ()
- Madras Catalogue - ()
- Precision catalog - ()
- radio source catalog - ()
- Space Telescope Archive and Catalogue (STARCAT) - ()
- Survey catalog - ()
- Tabulae Caelestes - ()
- Uranometric 2000.0, star atlas -- ()
- X-ray catalog – ()
Time[edit]
- Greenwich mean sidereal time (GMST) - ()
- Greenwich sidereal date (GSD) - ()
- Look-back time - ()
- Mean equator and equinox - ()
- Neap time - ()
- Sidereal noon – ()
Awards[edit]
[edit]
Astronomers[edit]
- Edith Bellamy, Female astronomical calculator - ()
- Erik V. Petersen (1922- ) Danish astronomer - ()
- Faustino d'Eldhuyar, astronomer - () - possibly Fausto Elhuyar?
- Franjo Dominko (1803-1987) Slovenian astronomer - ()
- George Rheticus, astronomer - ()
- Giovanni Vladilo, Italian astronomer - ()
- Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Spoerer (1822-1895) German astronomer - ()
- Hannes Olof Gösta Alfven, Swedish space scientist - ()
- Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (1758-1840) German physician and astronomer – ()
- Javier Armentia, Spanish astrophysicist - ()
- Jean Chappe French astronomer - () - possibly Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche?
- Johann Daniel Titius (1729-1796) German astronomer - ()
- Johann Ehlert Bode (1747-1826) German astronomer - ()
- Joseph The Astronomer - ()
- Kiyoshi Kuramoto, Japanese astronomer in the University of Tokyo - ()
- Muraka Oenji (1955- ) Japanese astronomer - ()
- Samuel Ramsden, British astronomer - ()
- Sebastien Muenster, Cosmographia - ()
- Selina Cranch Bond, US astronomical calculator - ()
- Yuri B. Kolesnik (1942- ) Russian astronomer – ()
See also List of astronomers
Astronauts, cosmonauts and the like[edit]
- Georgi Shomin, Soviet cosmonaut - ()
Miscellaneous[edit]
- alignment of dust grain - ()
- Apareon – ()
- artificial meteorite - ()
- Astroballistics - ()
- Astronomical data center - ()
- Bardeen-Petterson Effect Bardeen-Petterson effect - ()
- Bird Strike (astronomy), a comet strike - ()
- Brownlee particle - ()
- Chaco Supernova Pictograph - ()
- cosmic Ray Ionization Rate - ()
- Cosmic spherules Cosmic spherule - ()
- cratering chronology - ()
- Dionysian Period Dionysian period - ()
- Exozodiacal light - ()
- extraterrestrial carbonate - ()
- extraterrestrial delivery - ()
- extraterrestrial environment - ()
- Extraterrestrial life chauvinism - ()
- Extraterrestrial resources - ()
- Helsinki Solar System - ()
- Horizon mission methodology (HMM) - ()
- hot corino - ()
- Ice catastrophe - ()
- International Years of the Quiet Sun - ()
- interstellar chemical processes - ()
- interstellar shock - ()
- interstellar turbulence - ()
- Johnson Space Center Certificate of Commendation - ()
- Latin space designations - ()
- Lunar Calendar Maker - ()
- Mars analogue sites Mars analogue site - ()
- Mars special region - ()
- Meteor Research Expedition - ()
- Meteorite market - ()
- Meteoritic abundances - ()
- microlensing planet - ()
- monomictic breccia - ()
- Neo-geocentrism - ()
- No Weapons in Space Campaign - ()
- planetary heat flow - ()
- planetary tide - ()
- planetary Transit and Oscillation of stars - ()
- polimictic breccia - ()
- protostellar envelope - ()
- sample receiving facility - ()
- Saturn's disappearing rings - ()
- Solar sector boundary - ()
- solid-state greenhouse effect - ()
- Space asset - ()
- Space assignment - ()
- space base - ()
- Space control - ()
- Space force application - ()
- Space force enhancement - ()
- Space mail - ()
- Space rage - ()
- space resources - ()
- Space support team - ()
- Space-flight associated neuro-ocular syndrome - ()
- Spectral line series - ()
- Spectral Veiling of Young Stars - ()
- stellar convection - ()
- Twelve sections of sky - ()
- Ultraviolet habitable zone - ()
- Walled plain, crater category – ()
Minority theories[edit]
- Cosmic iron whiskers - ()
Sources include:
- Fundamental Astronomy
- Collins Dictionary of Astronomy (2nd edition 2000)
- Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
See also[edit]
Red links in:
- Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
- Concurrent Design Facility
- Herschel 400 Catalogue
- List of astronomers
- List of astronomical catalogues
- List of astronomy acronyms
- List of Mars-crossing asteroids
- List of noteworthy asteroids
- List of observatory codes
- List of periodic comets
- List of space agencies
- List of stars with confirmed extrasolar planets