planets  8 planets of the solar system (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) and their satellites. sun The Sun is in 2/3 of the galactic center towards the edge, at a distance of 30 000 light years of the center. The Sun moves in a speed of 230 km/s around this galactic center during its revolution which it makes in 250 million years. galaxies The Galaxy, it is the name datum in our galaxy, it is an enormous spiral wheel of stars, a diameter of 100 000 light years. What appears of the Earth, it is a white continuous band called the Milky Way. bigbang There is 15 billion years a tremendous explosion of light gives birth to the space, in time, in the matter, a chaos burning with an inconceivable heat, a formless porridge which is going to swell, to extend in all the directions and to cool quite slowly. quotations Some quotations of big men (Aristote, Galilee, Newton, Platon, Laplace, Einstein). links Some external links concerning the astronomy.

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dwarf planets According to the definition which was approved on August 24th, 2006, during the 26th General assembly of the UAI ( International Astronomical Union), three bodies reach the status of dwarfish planet: Pluto, eris, and Ceres. Others objets should soon join this nomenclature. solar system The solar system is really much more complex if we take into account all the objects being a part of the system. A considerable number of objects is in the belt of Kuiper and still beyond in the cloud of Oort. galaxy groups Heap of galaxies are the biggest structures of the Universe. They are constituted by hundreds of galaxies connected together by their own gravitational attraction. Between the galaxies we find some material constituted by warm gas there, forming a plasma, the temperature of which reaches 10 to 100 million degrees. comets Besides planets, satellites and asteroids, the solar system contains comets (hair in Greek). The roaming comets originate in the depths of the space in several lights years. The number of periodic comets is of the order of 2000. biographies Some biographies, Einstein, Baade, Lyot, Hale, Hubble, Shapley, Laplace, Maxwell, Newton, Herschel, Kepler, Galilee, Aristotle... glossary Definition of certain words or expressions used on this site in link with the astronomy.

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| articles Christian's articles in link with the astronomy (history of the Earth, the electron, the neutrons stars, the rings of Saturn, the particles, the threat of asteroids, journey in the universe up to the atom)... exoplanets Exoplanets are situated by definition outside our solar system. Seen the large number of existing galaxies and the large number of stars which they contain, the search for these exo-planets or extra solar planets, is unlimited. constellations A constellation is a group of stars of the sky which enough close relations looked the appearance imagination of a figure onto the sky. nebulas Of the Latin 'nebula' which wants to say cloud, clouds of gas and dusts in the middle of stars, nebulas are at the same moment active crèches and cemeteries of stars. These magnificence of the sky are lit by the stars which they contain or by stars situated behind them. telescopes A telescope is constituted by a mirror which concentrates the light resulting from the observed celestial body and from the objective which supplies an enlarged image with it. The increase and the luminosity are proportional on the surface of the mirror. The presence of the ground atmosphere limits the performances of a telescope. It is to mitigate this inconvenience that spatial telescopes were placed in the space. bibliographies Some interesting books in link with the astronomy. faq Some simple answers concerning the universe which surrounds us.

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| asteroids Numerous small rocky called bodies asteroids are present in the solar system, an important part of them circulate in a ring, between the orbit of Mars and that of Jupiter in 2 to 4 UA.

rings The rings of Saturn are one of more beautiful and of the most surprising spectacles of the solar system. That is why on July 1st, 2004, the spaceship Cassini-Huygens reduced its speed to be captured by the gravity of Saturn to enter in orbit with this one. stars A star is a celestial body similar to the Sun, which shines thanks to nuclear reactions which occur in its center. multiverse The universe is an expanding cosmic bubble. This bubble creates a new bubble which produces it the others etc.... Quantities of the other universes which give birth to the other universes, it is an interesting idea but which remain at the moment very speculative. space probes These instruments that are space probes, perceive in the detail the forms and the composition of objects of the distant regions and offer us exceptional sights of an unequalled precision. elements The most usual and practical presentation of the diverse chemical elements is the periodic board of elements also called Table of Mendeleyev. The atoms which have the same number of protons but a number different from neutrons are called isotopes. aurora A polar aurora called aurora borealis in the north hemisphere and the aurora australis in the southern hemisphere, is a brilliant phenomenon characterized by sorts of veils extremely colored in the night-sky.

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Close stars

     

         

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List of the stars close to the Earth        

       

Close stars seen since the Earth

 

distance

 

solar system

         

Sun

 

8 light minutes

 

Sun

Proxima Centauri

 

4,22 light years

 

Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri A

 

4,36 light years

 

Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri B

 

4,36 light years

 

Alpha Centauri

Etoile de Barnard

 

5,96 light years

 

 

Wolf 359

 

7,78 light years

 

 

Lalande 21185

 

8,29 light years

 

 

Sirius A

 

8,58 light years

 

Sirius

Sirius B

 

8,58 light years

 

Sirius

UV ceti

 

8,72 light years

 

UV ceti

BL ceti

 

8,72 light years

 

UV ceti

Ross 154

 

9,68 light years

 

 

Ross 248

 

10,32 light years

 

 

Epsilon eridani

 

10,52 light years

 

 

Lacaille 9352

 

10,74 light years

 

 

Ross 128

 

10,91 light years

 

 

EZ equarii

 

11,26 light years

 

Ez equarii

Gliese 866 B

 

11,26 light years

 

Ez equarii

Gliese 866 C

 

11,26 light years

 

Ez equarii

Procyon A

 

11,40 light years

 

Procyon

Procyon B

 

11,40 light years

 

Procyon

61 Cygni A

 

11,40 light years

 

61 cygni

61 Cygni B

 

11,40 light years

 

61 cygni

Gliese 725 A

 

11,52 light years

 

Gliese 725

Gliese 725 B

 

11,52 light years

 

Gliese 725

Epsilon Indi A

 

11,82 light years

 

Epsilon Indi

Epsilon Indi Ba

 

11,82 light years

 

Epsilon Indi

Epsilon Indi Bb

 

11,82 light years

 

Epsilon Indi

Tau ceti

 

11,88 light years

   

Gliese 1061

 

11,92 light years

   

YZ ceti

 

12,13 light years

   

Etoile de Luyten

 

12,36 light years

   

Etoile de Kapteyn

 

12,77 light years

   

Etoile de Teegarden

 

12,46 light years

   
         

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planets  8 planets of the solar system (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) and their satellites. sun The Sun is in 2/3 of the galactic center towards the edge, at a distance of 30 000 light years of the center. The Sun moves in a speed of 230 km/s around this galactic center during its revolution which it makes in 250 million years. galaxies The Galaxy, it is the name datum in our galaxy, it is an enormous spiral wheel of stars, a diameter of 100 000 light years. What appears of the Earth, it is a white continuous band called the Milky Way. bigbang There is 15 billion years a tremendous explosion of light gives birth to the space, in time, in the matter, a chaos burning with an inconceivable heat, a formless porridge which is going to swell, to extend in all the directions and to cool quite slowly. quotations Some quotations of big men (Aristote, Galilee, Newton, Platon, Laplace, Einstein). links Some external links concerning the astronomy.

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dwarf planets According to the definition which was approved on August 24th, 2006, during the 26th General assembly of the UAI ( International Astronomical Union), three bodies reach the status of dwarfish planet: Pluto, eris, and Ceres. Others objets should soon join this nomenclature. solar system The solar system is really much more complex if we take into account all the objects being a part of the system. A considerable number of objects is in the belt of Kuiper and still beyond in the cloud of Oort. galaxy groups Heap of galaxies are the biggest structures of the Universe. They are constituted by hundreds of galaxies connected together by their own gravitational attraction. Between the galaxies we find some material constituted by warm gas there, forming a plasma, the temperature of which reaches 10 to 100 million degrees. comets Besides planets, satellites and asteroids, the solar system contains comets (hair in Greek). The roaming comets originate in the depths of the space in several lights years. The number of periodic comets is of the order of 2000. biographies Some biographies, Einstein, Baade, Lyot, Hale, Hubble, Shapley, Laplace, Maxwell, Newton, Herschel, Kepler, Galilee, Aristotle... glossary Definition of certain words or expressions used on this site in link with the astronomy.

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| articles Christian's articles in link with the astronomy (history of the Earth, the electron, the neutrons stars, the rings of Saturn, the particles, the threat of asteroids, journey in the universe up to the atom)... exoplanets Exoplanets are situated by definition outside our solar system. Seen the large number of existing galaxies and the large number of stars which they contain, the search for these exo-planets or extra solar planets, is unlimited. constellations A constellation is a group of stars of the sky which enough close relations looked the appearance imagination of a figure onto the sky. nebulas Of the Latin 'nebula' which wants to say cloud, clouds of gas and dusts in the middle of stars, nebulas are at the same moment active crèches and cemeteries of stars. These magnificence of the sky are lit by the stars which they contain or by stars situated behind them. telescopes A telescope is constituted by a mirror which concentrates the light resulting from the observed celestial body and from the objective which supplies an enlarged image with it. The increase and the luminosity are proportional on the surface of the mirror. The presence of the ground atmosphere limits the performances of a telescope. It is to mitigate this inconvenience that spatial telescopes were placed in the space. bibliographies Some interesting books in link with the astronomy. faq Some simple answers concerning the universe which surrounds us.

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| asteroids Numerous small rocky called bodies asteroids are present in the solar system, an important part of them circulate in a ring, between the orbit of Mars and that of Jupiter in 2 to 4 UA.

rings The rings of Saturn are one of more beautiful and of the most surprising spectacles of the solar system. That is why on July 1st, 2004, the spaceship Cassini-Huygens reduced its speed to be captured by the gravity of Saturn to enter in orbit with this one. stars A star is a celestial body similar to the Sun, which shines thanks to nuclear reactions which occur in its center. multiverse The universe is an expanding cosmic bubble. This bubble creates a new bubble which produces it the others etc.... Quantities of the other universes which give birth to the other universes, it is an interesting idea but which remain at the moment very speculative. space probes These instruments that are space probes, perceive in the detail the forms and the composition of objects of the distant regions and offer us exceptional sights of an unequalled precision. elements The most usual and practical presentation of the diverse chemical elements is the periodic board of elements also called Table of Mendeleyev. The atoms which have the same number of protons but a number different from neutrons are called isotopes. aurora A polar aurora called aurora borealis in the north hemisphere and the aurora australis in the southern hemisphere, is a brilliant phenomenon characterized by sorts of veils extremely colored in the night-sky.

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