#celestial_body__celestialbody__heavenly_body natural objects visible in the sky
supertype: #natural_object__naturalobject an object occurring naturally; not made by man
part of: #existence
subtype: #planet any of the celestial bodies (other than comets or satellites) that revolve around the sun in the solar system
subtype: #asteroid__minor_planet__minorplanet__planetoid any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
subtype: #Pallas a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered
instance: #Apollo_asteroid #Ceres #Vesta
subtype: #evening_star__eveningstar__Hesperus__Vesper a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
subtype: #morning_star__morningstar__daystar__phosphoru a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
subtype: #superior_planet any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
subtype: #Jovian_planet__gas_giant__gasgiant any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)
instance: #Jupiter #Neptune.Jovian_planet__neptune #Saturn #Uranus
instance: #Red_Planet__Mars #Pluto
subtype: #terrestrial_planet__terrestrialplanet a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system
subtype: #inferior_planet any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit
instance: #Mercury #Venus
instance: #Earth.terrestrial_planet__earth__globe #Red_Planet__Mars
subtype: #planetesimal one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system
subtype: #quasar__quasi-stellar_radio_source__quasistellarradiosource a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; large red shifts imply enormous recession velocities
subtype: #satellite any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
subtype: #Deimos the smaller of the two satellites of Mars
subtype: #Galilean_satellite__Galilean one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo
instance: #Callisto #Europa #Ganymede #Io
subtype: #moon.satellite any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"
subtype: #moon the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"
subtype: #Phobos the larger of the two satellites of Mars
instance: #Titan.satellite__titan
subtype: #star (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
subtype: #binary_star__binary__double_star a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
subtype: #Altair double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation
subtype: #Sirius__Dog_Star__Canicula__Sothis the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major
instance: #Aldebaran #Algol #Alpha_Centauri__Rigil_Kent__Rigil #Antares #Epsilon_Aurigae #Procyon #Rigel__Beta_Orionis #Vega
subtype: #Deneb the brightest star in Cygnus
subtype: #Denebola a star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth
subtype: #fixed_star__fixedstar any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion
subtype: #giant_star__giantstar__giant a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
instance: #Arcturus #Capella
subtype: #loadstar__lodestar guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation of astronomy
instance: #Polaris__North_Star__polar_star__polarstar__polestar
subtype: #multiple_star a system of three or more stars associated by gravity
instance: #Castor__Alpha_Geminorum #the_Trapezium__Trapezium
subtype: #neutron_star__neutronstar a star that has collapsed under its own gravity; it is composed of neutrons
subtype: #pulsar a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
subtype: #nova a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
subtype: #red_dwarf_star__reddwarfstar__red_dwarf__reddwarf a small cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter
subtype: #flare_star__flarestar a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes
instance: #Proxima_Centauri__Proxima
subtype: #red_giant_star__redgiantstar__red_giant__redgiant a large cool star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
subtype: #sun a typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"
subtype: #sun.star any star around which a planetary system evolves
subtype: #supergiant an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density
subtype: #Canopus supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
instance: #Betelgeuse__Alpha_Orionis
subtype: #supernova a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process
instance: #Crab_Nebula
subtype: #variable_star__variable a star that varies noticeably in brightness
instance: #Polaris__North_Star__polar_star__polarstar__polestar
subtype: #white_dwarf_star__whitedwarfstar__white_dwarf__whitedwarf a faint star of enormous density
instance: #Alpha_Crucis #Beta_Centauri #Beta_Crucis #Pollux #Regulus #Spica #Sterope__Asterope
subtype: #star.celestial_body any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night
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