The Solar System

APPENDIX B 613 MajorCanis Lepus Eridanus Cetus Taurus Pleiades Aries Aquarius Pegasus Andromeda Triangulum Pisces Equator 4 h 7 ...

614 APPENDIX B Sept Aug July June May 8 h 11 h (^12) h (^13) h 10 h 7 h 6 h^5 h 4 h 3 h 9 h Equa Equato tor r Ecliptic Eclipt ic ...

APPENDIX B 615 Nov Sept Aug July Jun e 12 h 15 h (^16) h 14 h 11 h 10 h^9 h 8 h 7 h 13 h Equa Equato tor r Ecliptic Oct Ecl ipti ...

616 APPENDIX B Jan Dec Nov Sep t Aug 16 h 19 h (^20) h 18 h 15 h 14 h^13 h 12 h 11 h 17 h (^21) h Equ Equator ator Equino Autumn ...

APPENDIX B 617 Ap ril Feb Jan Dec Nov 20 h 23 h 0 h 22 h 19 h 18 h^17 h 16 h 15 h 21 h (^1) h Equa tor Ec lipt ic Mar ch Eclip t ...

618 APPENDIX B Jun e May April Aug Feb Jan 0 h 3 h 4 h 2 h 23 h 22 h^21 h^20 h 19 h 1 h (^5) h Equ ator Ecliptic March Equinox M ...

APPENDIX B 619 May Mar ch Eclipti c June April 2h 1h 3h 4h 5h 6h SCP SMCSMC LMCLMC Achernar Atnair Apus Aries Pisces Caelum Rige ...

620 APPENDIX B June July Aug. Sep t. Ecliptic Betelgeuse ProcyonProcyon Sirius Canopus Rigel Betelgeuse Regulus (^3) h (^4) h 6 ...

APPENDIX B 621 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov . Ecli ptic Regulus Procyon Canopus Spica Arcturus SiriusSirius α β α β (^7) h (^10) h 11 h 1 ...

622 APPENDIX B Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Ecliptic Antares β α Antares Spica Arcturus β α 14 h (^12) h 15 h 16 h^17 h 19 h 18 h SCP SMC ...

APPENDIX B 623 Dec. Jan. Feb. Ecliptic Altares Altair α β Altares Altair Alnair Fomahaut Vega α β 18 h (^17) h 19 h^21 h 22 h SC ...

624 APPENDIX B Jan . Feb. March April Eclip tic Diphda Fomalhaut Alnair Achernar Canopus 23 h 22 h (^21) h 0 h^1 h 2 h 3 h 4 h S ...

GLOSSARY 625 Numbers in parentheses refer to the page where the term is fi rst discussed in the text. absolute age (445) An age ...

626 GLOSSARY carbonaceous chondrite (552) Stony meteor- ite that contains both chondrules and volatiles. These may be the least ...

GLOSSARY 627 eccentricity (e) (64) A measure of the fl attening of an ellipse. An ellipse of e = 0 is circular. The closer to 1 ...

628 GLOSSARY hypothesis (66) A conjecture, subject to further tests, that accounts for a set of facts. ice line (408) In the sol ...

GLOSSARY 629 occultation (534) The passage of a larger body in front of a smaller body. Oort cloud (571) The cloud of icy bodies ...

630 GLOSSARY radiative zone (152) The region inside a star where energy is carried outward as photons. radio interferometer (115 ...

GLOSSARY 631 thermophile (591) A type of microorganism that thrives in high-temperature environments. tidal coupling (443) The l ...

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