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  2. Orbital period - Wikipedia

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    The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object. In astronomy, it usually applies to planets or asteroids orbiting the Sun, moons orbiting planets, exoplanets orbiting other stars, or binary stars.

  3. Galactic year - Wikipedia

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    The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. [1] One galactic year is approximately 225 million Earth years. [2]

  4. Galaxy Song - Wikipedia

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    The song first appeared in the 1983 film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and was later released on the album Monty Python Sings. The song was released as a single in the UK on 27 June 1983 when it reached No. 77 in the charts [ 3 ] and again on 2 December 1991 as a follow-up to the successful reissue of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life .

  5. Sun - Wikipedia

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    Because energy transport in the Sun is a process that involves photons in thermodynamic equilibrium with matter, the time scale of energy transport in the Sun is longer, on the order of 30,000,000 years. This is the time it would take the Sun to return to a stable state if the rate of energy generation in its core were suddenly changed. [106]

  6. A Complete History of Saturn Return in Music: Kacey ... - AOL

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    Saturn Return” appeared on R.E.M.’s 12th studio album, Reveal. The song is sung from the perspective of a woman who has an epiphany about changing her life while working at a convenience store.

  7. Solar System - Wikipedia

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    The Sun in true white color. The Sun is the Solar System's star and by far its most massive component. Its large mass (332,900 Earth masses), [75] which comprises 99.86% of all the mass in the Solar System, [76] produces temperatures and densities in its core high enough to sustain nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium. [77]

  8. Kepler's laws of planetary motion - Wikipedia

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    Planet orbiting the Sun in a circular orbit (e=0.0) Planet orbiting the Sun in an orbit with e=0.5 Planet orbiting the Sun in an orbit with e=0.2 Planet orbiting the Sun in an orbit with e=0.8 The red ray rotates at a constant angular velocity and with the same orbital time period as the planet, =. S: Sun at the primary focus, C: Centre of ...

  9. Saturn Returns Interlude - Wikipedia

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    "Saturn Returns Interlude" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande from her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine (2024). The track is a 42-second spoken interlude that samples a YouTube video of a monologue by Scottish astrologer Diana Garland explaining the Saturn return astrological phenomenon.