órbita

Small rocky and/or icy particles that are swept up by the earth in its orbit about the sun. Also called "shooting stars", they travel across the sky in a very short time, from ...

equinoccio

Astronomy; General astronomy

Either of the two points (vernal, autumnal) on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic (which is the apparent path of the sun on the sky) intersects the celestial equator. Due to ...

cometa

Astronomy; General astronomy

A celestial body orbiting the sun (though some may be ejected from the solar system by planetary perturbations) that displays (at least during a portion of its orbit) some ...

cenit

Astronomy; General astronomy

The point directly overhead in the sky.

fotometría

Astronomy; General astronomy

In astronomy, the measurement of the light emitting from astronomical objects, generally in the visible or infrared bands, in which a specific or general wavelength band is ...

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burbujas de la Vía Láctea

Las dos grandes burbujas con rayos gama de alta energía que sobresalen de la Vía Láctea. Cada una abarca 25000 años luz, casi el tamaño de la galaxia ...