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Morbidelli and Kenyon have suggested that Sedna did not originate in the Solar System, but was captured by the Sun from a passing extrasolar planetary system, specifically that of a brown dwarf about 1/20th the mass of the Sun (M ☉) [63] [64] [71] or a main-sequence star 80 percent more massive than the Sun, which, owing to its larger mass ...
The dwarf planet Sedna. 471926 Jörmungandr a minor planet in Stockholm. The near-Earth Object Eros is located at Mörbyskolan, a school in Danderyd Municipality (where Mars is located), 11 km (6.8 mi) from the Globe. It was created as a Valentine's Day project in gold, modeled after Eros, the god of love.
A sednoid is a trans-Neptunian object with a large semi-major axis and a high perihelion, similar to the orbit of the dwarf planet Sedna. The consensus among astronomers is that there are only three objects that are known from this population: Sedna, 2012 VP 113, and 541132 Leleākūhonua (2015 TG 387). [1] All three have perihelia greater than ...
Satellite image of Europe by night 1916 physical map of Europe Topography of Europe. Some geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [2] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
Sedna may refer to: Sedna (mythology), the Inuit goddess of the sea; Sedna (dwarf planet), a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet; Sedna (beverage), a tonic wine, formerly made in Belfast; Sedna (database), a native XML database; Doriprismatica sedna, a species of nudibranch; Sedna Finance, a structured investment vehicle; Sedna Planitia, a landform on ...
Legend of orbits: Sedna (red), Jupiter (orange), Saturn (yellow), Uranus (green), Neptune (blue), and Pluto (purple) Russian Орбита карликовой планеты-кандидата 90377 Седна (красный) по сравнению с внешними планетами и Плутоном, без подписи.
The continent of Europe comprises a large part of the Palearctic ecozone, with many unique biomes and ecoregions. Biogeographically, Europe is tied closely to Siberia, commonly known as the Euro-Siberian region. The European Environmental Agency (EEA) divides Europe into a total of eleven terrestrial biogeographical regions and seven regional ...