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Glossary of terms related to astronomy and its physics.

Topics Astronomy Physics

Terms listing

B

Bar Basalt Betelgeuse Biela comet Big bang theory Black hole Blackbody temperature Bolide Bow shock Breccia Butte

D

Density Diaplectic glass Dielectric constant Disk Doppler effect Dorsum

E

Eccentric Eccentricity Eclipse Ecliptic Effusive eruption Ejecta Ellipse En echelon fissures Eolian Eruption Explosive eruption

F

Faculae Fault Filament Fissure Flare Flexus Fluctus Fossa

G

Gaia Hypothesis Galilean moons Geosynchronous orbit Graben Granulation Gravity Greenhouse effect

H

H-alpha Heliocentric Heliopause Heliosphere Hemisphere High-pressure mineral phase Hot spot Hummocky

I

Igneous Impact melt Inclination Inferior planets Interplanetary magnetic field (IMF)Ion Ionosphere

J

K

Kelvin (K)Kilogram (kg)Kilometer (km)

L

Labes Labyrinthus Lacus Lagrangian point Lava Lava tube Leading hemisphere Lee Levee Light Light year Limb Linea Lineament Lobate

M

Macula Magma Magnetic field Magnetograph Magnetopause Magnetosphere Magnetotail Magnitude Mare Mensa Mesa Meteor Meteorite Meteoroid Millibar Minor planets Mons

N

Nebula Neutrino Nuclear fusion

O

Obliquity Occulation Oceanus Old Orbit

Q

Qss Quark star Quasar

R

Radiation Radiationbelt Red giant Regio Regolith Relativity, Theory of Resolution Resonance Retrograde Rhyolite Rift Rift valley Rima Roche limit Rupes

T

Target rocks Tectonic Tektites Terminator Terra Tessera Tholus Tidal forces Tidal heating Trailing hemisphere Trojan satellites Troposphere Tuff

U

Ultraviolet Umbra Undae

V

Vallis Vastitas Vent Vernal equinox void Volatile Volcano

W

X

Y

Z

Z cam Z camelopardalis stars Zenith Zenith angle Zenith distance Zenithal hourly rate Zenocentric coordinates Zenographic coordinates Zero age main sequence

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