General astronomy

General astronomy

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General astronomy

1) The direction of the sky opposite to that of the galactic center. 2) The point in the galactic plane that lies directly opposite the galactic center. Here we gaze toward the edge of the Galactic ...

antiquark

Astronomy; General astronomy

The antiparticle of the quark.

antimony (Sb, stibium from latin, 4S3/2 in ground state)

Astronomy; General astronomy

metalloid element with three forms. The metallic form is the more stable and is bright, silvery, hard and brittle

antineutrino

Astronomy; General astronomy

The antiparticle of a neutrino.

anthropocentrism

Astronomy; General astronomy

The belief that humans are central to the universe.

r

Astronomy; General astronomy

The alphabetic letter ("variable") used to denote the distance between the sun and the object being discussed, also called the object's heliocentric distance; in most ephemerides of objects such as ...