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Solar system
Entries in this category are all related to the solar system, or the sun and all of the planets and other small bodies that revolve around it.
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Solar system
3D Sun
Astronomy; Solar system
The three dimensional view of the sun. The first 3D images of the sun have been captured by NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) satellites which enable scientists to see ...
Sun
Astronomy; Solar system
The star that is orbited by all of the planets and other objects of the Solar System and that supplies the heat and light.
solar flare
Astronomy; Solar system
A sudden throwing off of burning gases from a small part of the surface of the Sun. Solar flares happen near sunspots.
solstice
Astronomy; Solar system
Either of the two times during the year when the Sun is farthest north or south of the equator.
year
Astronomy; Solar system
The period of time that it takes for a planet to make one complete orbit around the Sun is called a year.
heliocentric
Astronomy; Solar system
Having the Sun as the center. The solar system is heliocentric as compared to the geocentric.
heliotropism
Astronomy; Solar system
The growth or turning of a plant toward the Sun is called heliotropism.A field of sunflowers always face toward the Sun.
