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  2. Astronomical symbols - Wikipedia

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    It was designed by Denis Moskowitz, who also designed many of the dwarf-planet symbols, at a time when asteroid symbols had become extremely rare in astronomy. Nonetheless, its inclusion of a star is meant to recall the 19th-century asteroid symbols. [83]

  3. List of common astronomy symbols - Wikipedia

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    Orbital Parameters of a Cosmic Object: . α - RA, right ascension, if the Greek letter does not appear, á letter will appear. δ - Dec, declination, if the Greek letter does not appear, ä letter will appear.

  4. Astrological symbols - Wikipedia

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    A gleaming star, as Varda was creator of the stars [35] Ixion: The solar wheel that Zeus bound Ixion to in Tartarus, with the spokes stylized as an I-X for 'Ixion' [35] Based on the preceding, but with the Greek letters Ι Ξ for Ιξιων in place of Latin I and X. [35] Varuna: Devanagari व va and Varuna's snake-lasso. [35 ...

  5. 96 Shortcuts for Accents and Symbols: A Cheat Sheet

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    Windows: Alt key codes. The alt keys (there are two of them) are easy to find on any Windows device—there’s one on either side of the space bar. It’s easy to make any accent or symbol on a ...

  6. Planetary symbols - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the planetary symbols can be found in the attributes given to classical deities. The Roman planisphere of Bianchini (2nd century, currently in the Louvre, inv. Ma 540) [2] shows the seven planets represented by portraits of the seven corresponding gods, each a bust with a halo and an iconic object or dress, as follows: Mercury has a caduceus and a winged cap; Venus has a ...

  7. Star (glyph) - Wikipedia

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    Code point asterisk operator ∗: U+2217 star equals ≛: U+225B star operator ⋆: U+22C6 APL functional symbol circle star ⍟ U+235F APL functional symbol star diaeresis ⍣ U+2363 black star ★ U+2605 white star ☆ U+2606 star and crescent: ☪: U+262A outlined white star ⚝ U+269D pentagram ⛤ U+26E4 right-handed interlaced pentagram ...

  8. Alt code - Wikipedia

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    The Alt codes had become so well known and memorized by users that Microsoft decided to preserve them in Microsoft Windows, even though the OS features a newer and different set of code pages, such as CP1252. Windows includes the following processing algorithm for Alt code, which supports both methods:

  9. List of astronomy acronyms - Wikipedia

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    ZAMS – (celestial object) zero age main sequence, a star that has just become a main-sequence star (i.e. a star that has begun burning hydrogen in its core) ZAND – ( celestial object ) Z ANDromedae, a class of eruptive variable stars named after the binary star system Z Andromedae , the archetype for the class