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Astronomers have used telescope data to color-correct Voyager 2 images of Neptune and Uranus, revealing that the planets have a similar greenish blue hue.
In a March 1782 treatise, Johann Elert Bode proposed Uranus, the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos. [47] Bode argued that the name should follow the mythology so as not to stand out as different from the other planets, and that Uranus was an appropriate name as the father of the first generation of the Titans . [ 47 ]
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Illustrations depict how Uranus' magnetosphere, or protective bubble, was behaving before Voyager 2's arrival (left) and during the spacecraft's flyby (right).
It is now known that during the Martian day, the sky is a butterscotch color. [22] Around sunset and sunrise, the sky is rose in color, but in the vicinity of the setting Sun it is blue. This is the opposite of the situation on Earth. Twilight lasts a long time after the Sun has set and before it rises because of the dust high in Mars's ...
Upsilon 4 Eridani: Binary star system 3.56 Delta Pavonis: Star 3.56 Delta Crateris: Star 3.56 Mu 2 Scorpii: Star 3.57 Epsilon Crucis: Star 3.57 Phi Eridani: Star 3.57 Kappa Geminorum: Binary star system 3.57 51 Andromedae: Star 3.58 Alpha 2 Capricorni: Triple star system 3.580 Chi Draconis: Binary star system 3.581 Eta Pavonis: Star 3.589 ...
Messier 4 or M4 (also known as NGC 6121 or the Spider Globular Cluster) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764. [ 9 ]
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