Alphabet Game – OUTER SPACE

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    libera
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      D = Deneb (brightest and supergiant star in the Cygnus constellation)

      #43503
      Bonnie Ballentine
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        E = eclipse

        #43508
        Freddy
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          Formalhaut b – A planet 25 light years from Earth and is an extreme from our viewpoint, revolves around it’s star Formalhaut and first directly imaged planet at optical wavelength.

          #43521
          Dorothy Donn
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            G = Gas giant – Planets made primarily of gas, these include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

            #43526
            libera
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              H = Horsehead nebula (a dark nebula in the Orion constellation)

              #43565
              Bonnie Ballentine
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                I = ionosphere

                #43573
                Dorothy Donn
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                  J –  Jovian planet – A planet with the same attributes of Jupiter (gas giant).

                  #43579
                  Michele
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                    K = Klingons! lol

                    #43580
                    Bonnie Ballentine
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                      Love your answer, Michele!

                      L = lunar eclipse

                      #43582
                      Corrie Kinkel
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                        M = Moon

                        #43586
                        Dorothy Donn
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                          N – Nova – An explosion on the surface of a white dwarf that is accreting matter from a companion star, which causes the system to temporarily brighten by a factor of several hundred to several thousand.

                          #43587
                          Bonnie Ballentine
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                            O = observatory

                            #43588
                            Royanne Hewko
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                              P= Partial Eclipse

                               

                              #43597
                              Michele
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                                Q = Quasar

                                #43598
                                Bonnie Ballentine
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                                  R = reflecting telescope

                                  #43602
                                  Dorothy Donn
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                                    S = Solstice – Two points on the celestial sphere wherein the sun is farthest north or south of the equator.

                                    #43636
                                    libera
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                                      T = Tektite

                                      (Explanation I found:  “small, glassy material formed by the impact of a large body, usually a meteor or asteroid. Tektites are commonly found at the sites of meteor craters”)

                                      #43642
                                      Bonnie Ballentine
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                                        U = universe

                                        #43658
                                        Corrie Kinkel
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                                          V = Voyager

                                          #43659
                                          Michele
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                                            W = Warp Speed (I think you’ve figured out by now that I’m a trekkie.)

                                            #43660
                                            Bonnie Ballentine
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                                              X = X-Ray
                                              Electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between about 0.0lnm to 10nm.

                                              #43667
                                              Dorothy Donn
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                                                Y – Yellow dwarf – Ordinary star, like the sun and is at its stable point in its transformation.

                                                #43699
                                                Corrie Kinkel
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                                                  Z = Zenith, the point in the sky directly overhead. Not directly space-related but it must do because Z is difficult!

                                                  #43700
                                                  Dorothy Donn
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                                                    A – Andromeda galaxy is a spiral galaxy that is nearly two and a half million light years away in the constellation Andromeda.

                                                    #43730
                                                    Bonnie Ballentine
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                                                      B = blue moon

                                                       

                                                      #43800
                                                      libera
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                                                        C = Chondrules, glassy spheres found in meteorites.

                                                        #43838
                                                        Dorothy Donn
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                                                          D – Denison Olmsted – American physicist and astronomer born in Hartford, Connecticut. He is attributed for founding meteor science. He demonstrated that meteors are cosmic in origin and not an atmospheric phenomenon.

                                                          #43842
                                                          Bonnie Ballentine
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                                                            E = Earthshine

                                                            #44103
                                                            Bonnie Ballentine
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                                                              F = flare

                                                              #44136
                                                              Dorothy Donn
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                                                                G – Galilean moons/satellites – Jupiter’s four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto as discovered by Galileo in 1610.

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