astronomy
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- noun
Synonyms for astronomy
the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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- phase
- absolute magnitude
- Hubble law
- Hubble's law
- Kepler's law
- Kepler's law of planetary motion
- Copernican system
- Ptolemaic system
- natural philosophy
- physics
- astrodynamics
- astrometry
- radio astronomy
- celestial mechanics
- astrophysics
- selenology
- solar physics
- ascension
- egress
- emersion
- ingress
- immersion
- alignment
- conjunction
- inferior conjunction
- superior conjunction
- Oort cloud
- extragalactic nebula
- galaxy
- apoapsis
- point of apoapsis
- node
- equinoctial point
- equinox
- vernal equinox
- autumnal equinox
- barycenter
- culmination
- limb
- periapsis
- point of periapsis
- anomaly
- celestial latitude
- dec
- declination
- celestial longitude
- right ascension
- RA
- asterism
- canal
- coma
- comet
- meteor
- meteoroid
- nucleus
- outer planet
- major planet
- planet
- primary
- star
- astronomer
- uranologist
- stargazer
- variation
- red shift
- redshift
- accretion
- libration
- nucleosynthesis
- orbital plane
- HA
- hour angle
- inclination of an orbit
- inclination
- mean solar time
- mean time
- ephemeris time
- TDT
- terrestrial dynamical time
- terrestrial time
- TT
- date of reference
- epoch
- uprise
- ascend
- come up
- rise
- go under
- go down
- set
- stargaze
- active
- quiet
- direct
- retrograde
- superior
- inferior
- nebular
- nebulous
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