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    A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars that orbit each other, bound by gravitational attraction. A large group of stars bound by gravitation...
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  • The star system was the method of creating, promoting and exploiting stars in Hollywood films from the 1920s until the 1960s. Movie studios had selected...
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    A binary star or binary star system is a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to and in orbit around each other. Binary stars in the night...
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  • Osamu Tezuka's Star System (手塚漫画のキャラクター一覧, Tedzuka Manga no Kyarakutā Ichiran, lit. The Tezuka Manga Character List) is the name given to the recurring...
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    orbital systems with other astronomical objects, as in planetary systems and star systems with two or more stars. When two such stars orbit closely, their...
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    Apep is a triple star system containing a Wolf–Rayet binary and a hot supergiant, located in the constellation of Norma. Named after the serpent deity...
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    Planets in binary star systems may be candidates for supporting extraterrestrial life. Habitability of binary star systems is determined by many factors...
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    The Xerox Star workstation, officially named Xerox Star 8010 Information System, is the first commercial personal computer to incorporate technologies...
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    Sirius (redirect from Dog star)
    brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος (Latin script: Seirios), meaning lit. 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is...
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  • novels, comics, and video games. A single Star Destroyer could project considerable influence over a star system in the name of the Empire: each can be deployed...
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  • Star is a series of console role-playing video games and other supplementary media created by Sega. The series debuted in 1987 on the Master System with...
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    Based Infrared System (SBIRS). The Delta 183 program used a satellite known as Delta Star to test sensor-related technologies. Delta Star carried a thermographic...
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    Polaris (redirect from North Star)
    appearing to the naked eye as a single point of light, Polaris is a triple star system, composed of the primary, a yellow supergiant designated Polaris Aa,...
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  • system, using stars instead of exclamation points, first for points of interest and later for hotels. The Michelin restaurant guide introduced a star...
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    in multiple-star systems where the orbital mechanics can lead to exotic day–night or seasonal cycles, while others do not orbit any star at all. More...
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    explained below, forming the star's spectral type. Other modern stellar classification systems, such as the UBV system, are based on color indices—the...
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  • species of telepathic plants. The Cotati originated on Hala in the Pama star system in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the same planet as the warlike humanoid...
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  • WeatherStar (sometimes rendered Weather Star or WeatherSTAR; "STAR" being an acronym for Satellite Transponder Addressable Receiver) is the technology...
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    stars in the Milky Way. Investigating the habitability of red dwarf star systems could help determine the frequency of life in the universe and aid scientific...
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    the progenitor star, which is unexpected for type Ia but has been observed in some cases. A bow shock located to the north of this system is believed to...
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    The habitability of neutron star systems is the potential of planets and moons orbiting a neutron star to provide suitable habitats for life. Of the roughly...
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    the first to develop its own movie star system, primarily for commercial reasons. In other countries, the "star" system is not common, with most actors being...
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    [star] of Centaurus'. Proxima Centauri is a member of the Alpha Centauri star system, being identified as component Alpha Centauri C, and is 2.18° to the...
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  • PH1b (redirect from PH1 (star system))
    in a quadruple star system, first known circumbinary planet in a quadruple star system, and the first planet in a quadruple star system found. It was the...
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    STAR voting is an electoral system for single-seat elections. The name (an allusion to star ratings) stands for "Score Then Automatic Runoff", referring...
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    parsecs) from the Solar System. Although it is near Earth it is a dim magnitude 15 and can only be seen through large telescopes. This star was found to have...
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    The Health Star Rating System (HSR) is an Australian and New Zealand Government initiative that assigns health ratings to packaged foods and beverages...
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    Mizar and Alcor (redirect from Pioneer Star)
    Mizar's star is not a double star, but a four-star binary system located in the constellation Ursa Major (also known as the Big Dipper). This system consists...
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  • Star Shadow is a stealthy flying wing unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by the Chinese company Star UAV System. It will have a maximum take-off...
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  • J18082002−5104378 (abbreviated J1808−5104) is an ultra metal-poor (UMP) binary star system, in the constellation Ara, about 1,950 ly (600 pc) from Earth, and is...
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