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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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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Strategic Defense Initiative (redirect from Star wars defense system)
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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Extrasolar planets in fiction (redirect from Star systems in fiction)
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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Stellar classification (redirect from Star classification)
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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Kepler's Supernova (redirect from Kepler's Star)
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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Pornographic film actor (redirect from Porn star)
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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Proxima Centauri (redirect from Closest star)
[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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2MASS J18082002−5104378 (redirect from The Old Star)
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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