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latinnoun(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.
astronomicalnoun(comparable) Very large; of vast measure.
minor planetnoun(astronomy) An astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is not a planet or a comet.
giant planetnoun(astronomy, planets) A planet larger than a terrestrial planet, composed mostly of gases and astronomical ices.
uranographynoun(astronomy, cartography) Celestial cartography; the mapping of celestial bodies.
planetarynounA planetary nebula.
astronomynounThe study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
astronomernoun(astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
uranologynoun(astronomy, geology) The scientific observation and study of the planet Uranus.
astrophysicsnounThe branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.
major planetnoun(astronomy) Any of the 8 celestial bodies which orbit the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (a celestial body that fits the 2006 IAU definition of planet).
asteroidnoun(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
radio astronomernounA person who studies radio astronomy.
outer planetnoun(astronomy) Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located beyond the asteroid belt, i.e., any of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.
galilean satellitenounone of the four satellites of jupiter that were discovered by galileo
herscheliannounOf or pertaining to William Herschel (1738–1822), German-born British astronomer and composer who discovered the planet Uranus.
plutonoun(film, art) The American cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Norm Ferguson.
quaoarnoun(astronomy) a dwarf planet orbiting between Haumea and Makemake in the Kuiper belt. Its moon is Weywot.
asteroid beltnoun(astronomy) The main asteroid belt, the region of the orbital plane of the Solar System located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter which is occupied by numerous minor planets (asteroids) and the dwarf planet Ceres.
planetoidnoun(astronomy) Any planetary body, including classical planets and moons: a planetary-mass object

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