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Principles of Astronomy

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




Ablation




Accretion disks




Aerospace design




Aerospace propulsion




Agamemnon: 911 Agamemnon




Amor asteroid group: 1221 Amor




Amor asteroids




Annefrank: 5535 Annefrank




Apollo asteroid group: 1862 Apollo




Apollo asteroids




Aquarius




Aries




Asteroids




Astrochemical reaction models




Astronomical image processing




Astrophysics




Aten asteroids




Aten asteroids: 2062 Aten




Atmospheric opacity




Ball of light particle model




Black holes




Blazars




Bolide




Bremsstrahlung radiation




Cancer




Canis Major




Canis Minor




Capricornus




Cassiopeia




Celestial mechanics




Centaur




Ceres: 1 Ceres




Ceto: 65489 Ceto




CNO Cycle




Coma (Comet anatomy)




Combustion in space




Comet anatomy




Compton scattering




Constellations




Core navigation system




Corona Australis




Corona Borealis




Cosmic inflation




Crux




Crystal spectroscopy




Curiosity




Dactyl: (243) Ida I Dactyl




Dark energy




Dark matter




Dawn mission




Deep-space navigation




Dysnomia: (136199) Eris I Dysnomia




Earth




Earth-imaging satellites




136199 Eris




433 Eros




Fireball




Fuel systems




Galaxy types




Galileo (ESA)




Gas-grain models




Gas-phase models




Gemini




GLONASS




GPS




Hertzsprung gap




High-mass stars




Hubble’s galaxy classification




Hydrogen cloud




International Space Station (ISS)




Interstellar chemistry




Inverse Compton scattering




(216) Kleopatra




Kleopatra’s moons: (216) Kleopatra I Alexhelios and II Cleoselene




Koronis asteroids: 243 Ida




Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs)




Langmuir-Hinshelwood model




Laser bees




Launch vehicle aerodynamics




Leo




Libra




Mars




Mass attenuation coefficients




Mercury




Messier catalog




Milky Way’s structure




Mir




Moon impacts (General)




Morgan-Keenan classification system (MK or MKK)




Near Shoemaker




NEOWISE




Neptune




Neutrino astrophysics




Neutron star




Nucleosynthesis




Nucleus (Comet anatomy)




OB stars




Orbit plotting




Orion




4450 Pan




Particle acceleration




Phorcys: (65489) Ceto I Phorcys




Photometry




Pisces




Planet spin-orbit coupling




Plasma physics




Pluto




Quark star




Quasar (quasi-stellar radio source)




Red giant




Rocket engines and rocketry




Sagittarius




Scattered disk objects (SDOs)




Scorpius




90377 Sedna




Space navigation systems




Space robotics




Space transportation systems




Space-time properties




Sputnik space program




Star structure




Star-forming regions




Stellar classification




Stellar population mapping




Stellar remnants




Sub-brown dwarfs




Supernova remnants




Tail (Comet anatomy)




Taurus




Theoretical astrophysics




Three-body problem




Trans-Neptunian objects




Trojan asteroids




Ursa Major




Ursa Minor




Venus




4 Vesta




Virgo




Wormholes




XMM-Newton




Appendices




Nobel Notes




Glossary




Bibliography




Web Resources




Timeline of Space Exploration




Famous Figures and Events in Astronomy