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2. 88 Officially Recognized Constellations - NASA

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   Learn about the 88 officially recognized constellations and their significance in astronomy on NASA's webpage.

3. What are constellations? - NASA

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   As time passed, the sky became filled with constellations, many of which included the same stars. The International Astronomical Union stepped in to gain control and make sense of things in 1925. They adopted 88 official constellations and assigned areas of the sky to specific constellation names. It should be noted, however, that they made no ...

4. StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - NASA

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   This site is intended for students in grades K through 8. StarChild is a learning center for young astronomers ages 5-13 to learn about the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, and the universe beyond.

5. How do planets and their moons get their names? - NASA

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   The IAU recognizes that astronomy is an old science and many of its names come from long-standing traditions and/or are founded in history. For many of the names of the objects in the solar system, this is especially so. Most of the objects in our solar system received names long ago based on Greek or Roman mythology. The IAU has therefore ...

6. Who figured out the Earth is round? - NASA

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   Around 350 BC, the great Aristotle declared that the Earth was a sphere (based on observations he made about which constellations you could see in the sky as you travelled further and further away from the equator) and during the next hundred years or so, Aristarchus and Eratosthenes actually measured the size of the Earth!

7. Star Art - NASA

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   Initiate a discussion of constellations by reading to students (or directing them to read for themselves) the introduction to the Star Art activity found in Universe Level 2 of StarChild. Explain that many star groups were named for the people, animals, and objects our ancestors imagined seeing when they looked at the stars.

8. StarChild: The Solar System - NASA

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   What is the solar system? It is our Sun and everything that travels around it. Our solar system is elliptical in shape.

9. StarChild: The Solar System - NASA

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   The words " solar system" refer to the Sun and all of the objects that travel around it.These objects include planets, natural satellites such as the Moon, the asteroid belt, comets, and meteoroids.

10. Can you see other galaxies without a telescope? - NASA

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    Here is where to look during the month of November: Start at the northeast corner of the Great Square of Pagasus - the constellation Andromeda forms a "handle" attached to the northeast corner of the "bowl" formed by the Great Square.

11. StarChild: The Milky Way - NASA

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    Our Sun is a star in the Milky Way Galaxy. If you were looking down on the Milky Way, it would look like a large pinwheel rotating in space.