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Soler
A loft or garret See Solar n
radiograph
An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation
Planet
distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma and by having a less eccentric orbit See Solar system
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parallax second
An annual parallax of one second of an arc applied to celestial objects outside the solar system It is used to measure the distance of an astronomical object from the Earth A star which
Nebula
A faint cloudlike self luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars The term was originally applied to any diffuse luminous region Now technically it is
Orrery
revolution of balls moved by wheelwork the relative size periodic motions positions orbits etc of bodies in the solar system
nuclear winter
atmosphere of small solid particles as soot from burning forests which reflect sunlight and cause a reduction in solar energy retained by the earth
Fraunhofer lines
The lines of the spectrum especially and properly the dark lines of the solar spectrum so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer a German physicist
Megascope
the magic lantern projector used esp for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen solar or artificial light being used
magnetosphere
around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planets magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
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