Mad For Science Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Just a fun game to play; Rules: State a word related to astronomy/astrophysics/cosmology. The next person states a word that starts with the letter the previous word ends on. Then state an interesting fact about that word. I'll start Pluto - Named after the Roman god of the underworld.
Janus Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Obliquity - The angle at which the ecliptic crosses the equator.
Janus Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Eccentricity - The ratio of the semi minor to semi major axes of an orbit.
ACG52 Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) Yellow Dwarf. - An ordinary star such as the Sun at a stable point in its evolution. Edited July 18, 2015 by ACG52
MigL Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Fornax Constellation in southern sky, containing the Fornax dwarf galaxy, a satellite of the Milky Way, discovered in '38 by H. Shapley
MigL Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Epsilon Eridani Young orange star at a distance of 10.5 LY, and magnitude 3.7. Known to have an exoplanet.
MigL Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Nebula Interstellar clouds of dust or Hydrogen/Helium. Originally meant any 'nebulous' astronomical formation, including galaxies.
Acme Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Alpha Centauri - the closest star to our solar system @ 4.37 light-years.
zapatos Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Inclination - Measure of the tilt of a planet's orbital plane.
Mad For Science Posted July 18, 2015 Author Posted July 18, 2015 Nix- A moon of Pluto discovered in 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Janus Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Xenon - a noble gas for which there is an isotopic composition relationship between the solar wind and planetary bodies.
Acme Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Saros - the ~18 year cycle of alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.
ACG52 Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Sniope - a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter.
zapatos Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Eridanus Supervoid - An as yet unproven void between the filaments that define the structure of the universe, that would be the second largest void known (after the Giant Void).
ACG52 Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Deimos- smaller of the two Martian moons,the name means dread.
MigL Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Sagittarius The 'archer' constellation which points to the center of the galaxy. ( yes, I'm back at work )
Janus Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Sadalmelik - The proper name for the brightest star in the constellation Aquarius.
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