astronomy

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noun

the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
uranology
• Derivationally related forms:
uranologist (for: uranology), astronomic, astronomical
• Members of this Topic:
active, quiet, direct, retrograde, superior,
inferior, nebular, nebulous, phase, absolute magnitude, Hubble's law,
Hubble law, Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion, Copernican system, Ptolemaic system, ascension,
egress, emersion, ingress, immersion, conjunction, alignment,
inferior conjunction, superior conjunction, Oort cloud, galaxy, extragalactic nebula, apoapsis,
point of apoapsis, node, equinoctial point, equinox, vernal equinox, autumnal equinox,
barycenter, culmination, limb, periapsis, point of periapsis, anomaly,
declination, celestial latitude, dec, right ascension, RA, celestial longitude,
asterism, canal, coma, comet, meteoroid, meteor,
nucleus, outer planet, planet, major planet, primary, star,
astronomer, uranologist, stargazer, variation, red shift, redshift,
accretion, libration, nucleosynthesis, orbital plane, hour angle, HA,
inclination, inclination of an orbit, mean time, mean solar time, terrestrial time, TT,
terrestrial dynamical time, TDT, ephemeris time, epoch, date of reference, rise,
rise, uprise, ascend, set, go down,
go under, stargaze
• Hypernyms:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hyponyms:
astrodynamics, astrometry, radio astronomy, celestial mechanics, astrophysics,
selenology, solar physics