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The orbits of the planets and other elements of the solar system, including asteroids, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, comet
Space Odyssey
Ursa major constellation illustration art.  (Big Dipper) stars, space, night sky)
Stars: Explosions in Space
1 July 2002: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite reveals a massive solar eruption more than 30 times the Earth's diameter. The eruption formed when a loop of a magnetic field over the surface of the Sun trapped hot gas.
Brightest Star in the Solar System
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  • Cepheus

    The brightest star, Alderamin (from the Arabic for “right arm”), has a magnitude of 2.5. The star Delta Cephei gave its name to the variable stars called Cepheid variables. Cepheid variables have a close relationship between their period of variability and their luminosity and thus have been very…

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    The brightest star, Alderamin (from the Arabic for “right arm”), has a magnitude of 2.5. The star Delta Cephei gave its name to the variable stars called Cepheid variables. Cepheid variables have a close relationship between their period of variability and their luminosity and thus have been very…

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