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  2. List of paintings by Wassily Kandinsky - Wikipedia

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    On White II: Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris 105 x 98 1923 Composition VIII: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 140 x 201 Oil on Canvas 1923 Circles in a Circle: Philadelphia Museum of Art 98.7 x 95.6 1923 Black and Violet: Private collection 77.8 x 100.4 1923 In the Black Square: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 97.5 x 93.3 1924

  3. List of directly imaged exoplanets - Wikipedia

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    Motion interpolation of seven images of the HR 8799 system taken from the W. M. Keck Observatory over seven years, featuring four exoplanets. This is a list of extrasolar planets that have been directly observed, sorted by observed separations. This method works best for young planets that emit infrared light and are far from the glare of the star.

  4. Planetary symbols - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the planetary symbols can be found in the attributes given to classical deities. The Roman planisphere of Bianchini (2nd century, currently in the Louvre, inv. Ma 540) [2] shows the seven planets represented by portraits of the seven corresponding gods, each a bust with a halo and an iconic object or dress, as follows: Mercury has a caduceus and a winged cap; Venus has a ...

  5. Botanical illustration - Wikipedia

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    The idea for the manual was taken up by a former pupil of Nicolas Robert, Catherine Perrot , received at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1682): The Royal Lessons, or the Method of Painting Miniatures of Flowers and Birds, based on an Explanation of the Books on Flowers and Birds by the late Nicolas Robert, Flower painter [39 ...

  6. File:Solar system.jpg - Wikipedia

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  7. List of hypothetical Solar System objects - Wikipedia

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    Counter-Earth, a planet situated on the other side of the Sun from that of the Earth. Fifth planet (hypothetical), historical speculation about a planet between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Phaeton, a planet situated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter whose destruction supposedly led to the formation of the asteroid belt. This hypothesis ...

  8. Planetshine - Wikipedia

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    However, searching for terrestrial planets in the optical/near infrared has the advantage that the diffraction limit corresponds to a smaller angle for a given size telescope. Therefore, NASA is also pursuing a Terrestrial Planet Finder-C mission that will search for and study terrestrial planets using the optical (and near infrared ...

  9. Venus - Wikipedia

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    In 1975, the Soviet Venera 9 and 10 landers transmitted the first images from the surface of Venus, which were in black and white. NASA obtained additional data with the Pioneer Venus project , consisting of two separate missions: [ 228 ] the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe and Pioneer Venus Orbiter , orbiting Venus between 1978 and 1992. [ 229 ]