WASP-44 is a G-type star about 1,180 light-years (360 parsecs) away in the constellation Cetus that is orbited by the Jupiter-size planet WASP-44b. The...
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A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted...
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The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots) was a civilian women pilots' organization...
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Wasp dope, or wasping, also known by the street name KD or Katie, refers to the ingestion of common household insecticides either combined with or as...
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jewel wasp, gold wasp, emerald wasp, ruby wasp and so on (cf. French guêpe de feu, "fire-wasp", and German / Dutch Goldwespe / goudwesp, "gold-wasp"). Members...
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Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species...
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and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). Janet van Dyne debuted in Tales to Astonish #44 (plotted...
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Wide Angle Search for Planets (redirect from Super wasp)
WASP or Wide Angle Search for Planets is an international consortium of several academic organisations performing an ultra-wide angle search for exoplanets...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior is an American aircraft engine developed in the 1930s. The engine was introduced in 1932 as a 14-cylinder version...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major is an American 28-cylinder four-row radial piston aircraft engine designed and built during World War II. At 4,362...
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WASP-44b is a closely orbiting Jupiter-sized planet found in the orbit of the sunlike star WASP-44 by the SuperWASP program, which searches for transiting...
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Ant-Man and the Wasp is a 2018 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope Pym / Wasp. Produced by...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a displacement of 2,800 cu in (46 L)...
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USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940 and lost in action in 1942. She was the eighth ship named USS Wasp, and...
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White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (redirect from WASP)
In the United States, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASP) is a sociological term which is often used to describe white Protestant Americans of British...
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also known as Thisbe's tarantula-hawk wasp, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. Females are 32-44 mm long with a dark blue body and orange...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior is a series of nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial aircraft engines built by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company from...
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The Westland Wasp is a small 1960s British turbine-powered, shipboard anti-submarine helicopter. Produced by Westland Helicopters, it came from the same...
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WASP-132 is a star located about 403 light-years (124 parsecs) away in the constellation of Lupus. It is known to be orbited by two exoplanets and one...
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Vespula germanica (redirect from German Wasp)
germanica, known colloquially as the European wasp, German wasp, or German yellowjacket, is a species of wasp found in much of the Northern Hemisphere, native...
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Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7. "Naming Stars". IAU.org. Retrieved 24 February 2018. Hessman, F. V.; Dhillon...
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Wasps Rugby Football Club was a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby, until being suspended...
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Hope van Dyne (redirect from Wasp (Marvel Cinematic Universe))
(Earth-616), the superhero character, Wasp, was Janet van Dyne, who debuted in the anthology series Tales to Astonish #44 (June 1963, plotted by Stan Lee,...
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List of stars in Cetus (redirect from 44 Ceti)
stars), Vmax = 6.80m, Vmin = 12.95m WASP-44 00h 15m 36.77s −11° 56′ 17.3″ 12.90 G8V has a transiting planet (b) WASP-146 23h 56m 22.0s −13° 16′ 18″ 12.90...
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USS Wasp was originally a merchant schooner named Scorpion, built at Baltimore, and purchased under authority from the Second Continental Congress dated...
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Jet Chip Wasp (also referred to as 2-3 Jet Chip Wasp) was an American football play between Kansas City Chiefs players Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill...
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Ichneumonidae (redirect from Scorpion wasp)
Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera...
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Hank Pym (redirect from Wasp (Hank Pym))
Issue #44 (June 1963) featured the debut of his socialite girlfriend and lab assistant Janet van Dyne, who adopted the costumed identity of the Wasp. She...
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WASP-193b is a hot, transiting gas giant planet located approximately 1,232 light-years (378 pc) away in the constellation of Hydra, orbiting the F-type...
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Fairyfly (redirect from Fairy wasp)
The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions throughout...
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