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(Encyclopedia)Portia pôrˈshə [key], in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus. ...Phobos
(Encyclopedia)Phobos fōˈbŏs [key], in astronomy, innermost moon, or natural satellite, of Mars. ...Umbriel
(Encyclopedia)Umbriel ŭmˈbrēĕlˌ [key], in astronomy, one of the moons, or natural satellites, of Uranus. ...radial velocity
(Encyclopedia)radial velocity, in astronomy, the speed with which a star moves toward or away from the sun. It is determined from the red or blue shift in the star's spectrum. ...Oberon
(Encyclopedia)Oberon ōˈbərŏnˌ [key], in astronomy, one of the moons, or natural satellites, of Uranus. ...Sycorax
(Encyclopedia)Sycorax sĭkˈərăksˌ [key], in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus. ...Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de
(Encyclopedia)Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de läläNdˈ [key], 1732–1807, French astronomer. Under the direction of the French Academy of Science, he went to Berlin in 1751 to make observations on the p...Russell, Henry Norris
(Encyclopedia)Russell, Henry Norris, 1877–1957, American astronomer, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y., grad. Princeton, 1897. In 1902 he went to Cambridge, England, to study. He returned to Princeton in 1905, was professor of...Lysithea
(Encyclopedia)Lysithea lĭsĭthˈēə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...Himalia
(Encyclopedia)Himalia hĭmälˈyə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...Browse by Subject
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