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  2. Naming of moons - Wikipedia

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    Every human language has its own word for the Earth's Moon, and these words are the ones normally used in astronomical contexts.However, a number of fanciful or mythological names for the Moon have been used in the context of astronomy (an even larger number of lunar epithets have been used in non-astronomical contexts).

  3. Astronomical naming conventions - Wikipedia

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    Following this pattern, several hypothetical bodies were given names: Vulcan for a planet within the orbit of Mercury; Phaeton for a planet between Mars and Jupiter that was believed to be the precursor of the asteroids; Themis for a moon of Saturn; and Persephone, and several other names, for a trans-Plutonian planet.

  4. List of galaxies - Wikipedia

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    Size (left) and distance (right) of a few well-known galaxies put to scale. The following is a list of notable galaxies.. There are about 51 galaxies in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a complete list), on the order of 100,000 in the Local Supercluster, and an estimated 100 billion in all of the observable universe.

  5. Command-line interface - Wikipedia

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    A command prompt (or just prompt) is a sequence of (one or more) characters used in a command-line interface to indicate readiness to accept commands. It literally prompts the user to take action. A prompt usually ends with one of the characters $ , % , # , [ 15 ] [ 16 ] : , > or - [ 17 ] and often includes other information, such as the path ...

  6. How the 'supermoon' got its name -- along with 27 other ... - AOL

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    The full moon has a different name depending on when it occurs each month, since Native Americans marked their calendars by the moons. How the 'supermoon' got its name -- along with 27 other weird ...

  7. List of astronomical catalogues - Wikipedia

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    2SDSS — reserved by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey for future release. The name is reserved to the IAU, but does not exist yet. 3SDSS — reserved by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey for future release. The name is reserved to the IAU, but does not exist yet. Se — Father Angelo Secchi (double stars)

  8. Acclaimed singer bludgeoned to death by daughter in her own ...

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    An acclaimed New Jersey singer was bludgeoned to death by her daughter in her New Jersey home while her other teenage daughter was in the house, police and a family member said.

  9. That could change quickly, Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia Jablonski told me.AI, which has “essentially been all the rage” on Wall Street, remains in its “infancy,” with vast growth potential ...