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  2. List of named minor planets: F - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of named minor planets, containing all those starting with the letter F, as of 1 July 2024. It is ordered in a case-insensitive, alphabetical manner and contains a total of 627 entries. Grey minor planets have no article and redirect to the list of minor planets instead (see List of minor planets § Main index).

  3. Lists of astronomical objects - Wikipedia

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    List of NGC objects. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000) List of NGC objects (3001–4000) List of NGC objects (4001–5000) List of NGC objects (5001–6000) List of NGC objects (6001–7000) List of NGC objects (7001–7840) List of IC objects; List of Messier objects; List of ...

  4. List of Solar System objects - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Solar System objects by orbit, ordered by increasing distance from the Sun. Most named objects in this list have a diameter of 500 km or more.

  5. Astronomical naming conventions - Wikipedia

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    All designations of objects in recent star catalogues start with an "initialism", which is kept globally unique by the IAU. Different star catalogues then have different naming conventions for what goes after the initialism, but modern catalogs tend to follow a set of generic rules for the data formats used.

  6. Glossary of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    For objects in the Solar System, the orbital period is often referred to as the sidereal period. orbital plane The imaginary geometric plane defined by the orbit of an astronomical body around its primary. The Earth's orbital plane, which defines the ecliptic, is commonly used as a plane of reference for the orbits of other objects in the Solar ...

  7. Glossary of shapes with metaphorical names - Wikipedia

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    Q-shape, the shape that resembles the capital letter Q; R-shape, the shape that resembles the capital letter R; S-shape, the shape that resembles the capital letter S. The sigmoid colon, an S-shaped bend in the human intestine; S-twist, contrasted with Z-twist for yarn; T-shape, the shape that resembles the capital letter T. T junction

  8. Lists of stars - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of particularly notable actual or hypothetical stars that have their own articles in Wikipedia, but are not included in the lists above.. BPM 37093 — a diamond star

  9. List of minerals recognized by the International ...

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    This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letter F.The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names; however, minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date.