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Planetary System
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Planet
s
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Earth
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Moon
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Mars
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Satellites
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Jupiter
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Satellites
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Saturn
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Satellites
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Uranus
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Satellites
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Neptune
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Satellites
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Pluto
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Satellites
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Asteroid
s
-- "
Vulcanoid
s"
-- "
Apohele
s"
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Near-Earth Asteroid
s
- "
Arjuna
s"
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Aten
s
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Apollo
s
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Amor
s
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Mars-crossers
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Asteroid Belt
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Hungaria
s
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Phocaea
s
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Nysa
s
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Alinda
s
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Hilda
s
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Pallas
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Maria
s
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Koronis
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Eos
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Themis
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Griquas
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Cybeles
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Thule
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Trojan Asteroid
s
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Mars Trojan
s
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Jupiter Trojan
s
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Neptune Trojan
s
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Outer Planet Crosser
s
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Damocloid
s
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Centaur
s
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Trans-Neptunian Object
s
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Kuiper Belt
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Plutino
s
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Cubewano
s
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Twotino
s
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Scattered Disk Object
s
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Sedna
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Comet
s
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Periodic Comet
s
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Long-period Comet
s
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Lost Comet
s
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Oort Cloud
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Meteoroid
s
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Meteor
s
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Meteor Shower
s
Exoplanets
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Very Hot Jupiter
s
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Hot Jupiter
s
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Eccentric Jupiter
s
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Pulsar Planet
s
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Hot Neptune
s /
Super-Earth
s
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Transiting Planet
s
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Rogue
/
Interstellar Planet
s
--- Hypothetical planet types
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Chthonian Planet
s
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Oceanic Planet
s
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Trojan Planet
s
Brown Dwarf
s
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Lithium Dwarfs
---
Methane Dwarfs
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Sub-brown Dwarf
s
Star
s by
Spectral Type
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Blue Stars
---
Blue-white Stars
---
White Stars
---
Yellow-white Stars
---
Yellow Stars
---
Orange Stars
---
Red Stars
---
Peculiar Star
s
--
Carbon Star
s
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C-type Star
s
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S-type Star
s
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Shell Star
s
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Wolf-Rayet Star
s
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Peculiar A-type Star
s
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Metallic A-type Star
s
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Barium Star
s
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P Cygni Star
s
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Blue Straggler
s
Star
s by
Luminosity Class
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Subdwarf Star
s
---
Dwarf
(
Main Sequence
)
Star
s
---
Subgiant Stars
---
Giant Star
s
---
Bright Giant Star
s
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Supergiant Star
s
---
Hypergiant Star
s
Star
s by
Population
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Population III Stars
---
Population II Star
s
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Halo Star
s
--
Thick Disk Star
s
---
Population I Star
s
Star
s by
Stellar Evolution
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Protostar
s
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Young Stellar Object
s
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Main Sequence Star
s
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Red Giant Star
s
---
Red Supergiant Star
s
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Blue Supergiant Star
s
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Wolf-Rayet Star
s
---
White Dwarf Star
s
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Neutron Star
s
Variable Star
s
--- Intrinsic variables
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Pulsating Variable
s
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Cepheid Variable
s
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W Virginis Variable
s
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Delta Scuti Variable
s
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RR Lyrae Variable
s
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Mira Variable
s
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Semiregular Variable
s
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Irregular Variable
s
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Beta Cephei Variable
s
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Alpha Cygni Variable
s
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RV Tauri Variable
s
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Eruptive Variable
s
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Flare Star
s
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T Tauri Variable
s
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FU Orionis Variable
s
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R Coronae Borealis Variable
s
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Luminous Blue Variable
s
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Cataclysmic Variable
s
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Symbiotic Variable
s
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Dwarf Nova
e
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Nova
e
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Supernova
e
Type I Supernova
e
Type II Supernova
e
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Gamma Ray Burst
s
Long GRBs
---
Collapsar
s
---
Hypernova
e
Short GRBs
Dark GRBs
--- Extrinsic variables
--
Rotating Variable
s
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Alpha2 CVn Stars
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Rotating Ellipsoidal Variable
s
--
Eclipsing Binaries
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Algol Star
s
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Beta Lyrae Star
s
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W Ursae Majoris Star
s
Compact Star
s
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White Dwarf
s
--
Black Dwarf
s
---
Neutron Star
s
--
Magnetars
--
Pulsars
---
Strange Star
s
---
Black Holes
---
Supermassive Black Holes
Planetary System
s
Star System
s
---
Single Star Systems
--
Solar System
---
Multiple Star Systems
--
Binary Star
s
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Optical Binaries
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Visual Binaries
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Astrometric Binaries
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Spectroscopic Binaries
-
Eclipsing Binaries
- Close binaries
Detached Binaries
Semidetached Binaries
Contact Binaries
Unresolved Binaries
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X-ray Burster
s
--
Triple Star System
s
Stellar groupings
---
Star Cluster
s
--
Stellar Association
s
--
Open Cluster
s
--
Globular Cluster
s
---
Constellation
s
---
Asterisms
Galaxy
components
---
Galactic Bulge
s
--
Galactic Bar
s
---
Galactic Ring
s
---
Spiral Arm
s
---
Thin Disk
s
---
Thick Disk
s
---
Galactic Halo
s
---
Galactic Corona
e
Galaxies
---
Galaxies
by
Morphology
--
Spiral Galaxies
--
Barred Spiral Galaxies
--
Lenticular Galaxies
--
Elliptical Galaxies
--
Ring Galaxies
--
Irregular Galaxies
---
Galaxies
by size
--
Giant Diffuse Galaxies
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Giant Ellipticals
--
Dwarf Galaxies
--
Ultracompact Dwarfs
---
Active Galaxies
--
Quasar
s
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Blazar
s
--
Radio Galaxies
--
Seyfert Galaxies
--
Starburst Galaxies
---
Dark Galaxies
Galaxy Cluster
s
Galaxy Cluster Cloud
s
Supercluster
s
Filaments
/
Voids
Circumstellar Matter
---
Dust Disk
s
---
Interplanetary Medium
---
Protoplanetary Disk
s
Interstellar Medium
Nebula
e
---
Emission Nebula
e
--
Planetary Nebula
e
--
Supernova Remnant
s
--
Plerion
s
--
H II Region
s
---
Reflection Nebula
e
---
Dark Nebula
e
--
Molecular Cloud
s
--
Bok Globule
s
--
Proplyd
s
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H I Region
s
Intergalactic Medium
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Dark Matter
---
MACHO
s
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WIMP
s
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