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  2. List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies

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    The adjectival forms of the names of astronomical bodies are not always easily predictable. Attested adjectival forms of the larger bodies are listed below, along with the two small Martian moons; in some cases they are accompanied by their demonymic equivalents, which denote hypothetical inhabitants of these bodies.

  3. Venus - Wikipedia

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    Venus is one of two planets in the Solar System, the other being Mercury, that have no moons. [23] Conditions perhaps favourable for life on Venus have been identified at its cloud layers. Venus may have had liquid surface water early in its history with a habitable environment , [ 24 ] [ 25 ] before a runaway greenhouse effect evaporated any ...

  4. Planetary nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    Exceptions to this rule are valleys and craters on Mars and Venus; naming conventions for these features differ according to size. One feature classification, regio, was originally used on early maps of the Moon and Mercury (drawn from telescopic observations) to describe vague albedo features. It is now used to delineate a broad geographic region.

  5. Astronomical naming conventions - Wikipedia

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    In the early days, only a very limited number of features could be seen on other Solar System bodies other than the Moon. Craters on the Moon could be observed with even some of the earliest telescopes, and 19th-century telescopes could make out some features on Mars. Jupiter had its famous Great Red Spot, also visible through early telescopes.

  6. Naming of moons - Wikipedia

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    The name of Eris's moon Dysnomia was suggested by its discoverer Michael E. Brown, who also suggested the name of the dwarf planet. The name has two meanings: in mythology Dysnomia (lawlessness) is the daughter of Eris (chaos). However, the name is also an intentional reference to the actor Lucy Lawless who plays the character Xena. The ...

  7. List of natural satellites - Wikipedia

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    Over the following three centuries, only a few more moons were discovered. Missions to other planets in the 1970s, most notably the Voyager 1 and 2 missions, saw a surge in the number of moons detected, and observations since the year 2000, using mostly large, ground-based optical telescopes, have discovered many more, all of which are irregular.

  8. List of planetary features with Māori names - Wikipedia

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    Urutonga Colles: sea goddess, [10] mother of Tāwhaki. Urutonga is a deity associated with the Ngāi Tahu iwi. Whatitiri Corona: ancestral goddess; [11] goddess of thunder, also known as Whaitiri. Craters on Venus that have diameters less than 20 km are named with common female first names: [2] Karo crater: first name. [12]

  9. Outline of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    The Sun, planets, moons and dwarf planets (true color, size to scale, distances not to scale) The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Solar System: Solar System – gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly.