uranology

uranology

(ˌjʊərəˈnɒlədʒɪ) n (Astronomy) the study of the universe and planets

uranology

1. a written description of the heavens and celestial bodies.
2. another term for astronomy.See also: Astronomy

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uranography.See also: Heaven

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1.uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a wholeastronomyphase - (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon"absolute magnitude - (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earthHubble law, Hubble's law - (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observerKepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion - (astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes KeplerCopernican system - (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sunPtolemaic system - (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the centernatural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"astrodynamics - the branch of astronomy that studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in spaceastrometry - the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodiesradio astronomy - the branch of astronomy that detects and studies the radio waves emitted by celestial bodiescelestial mechanics - the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodiesastrophysics - the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodiesselenology - the branch of astronomy that deals with the moonsolar physics - the branch of astronomy that deals with the sunascension - (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizonegress, emersion - (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipseingress, immersion - (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipsealignment, conjunction - (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiacinferior conjunction - (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sunsuperior conjunction - (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sunOort cloud - (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sunextragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"apoapsis, point of apoapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbitednode - (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a planeequinoctial point, equinox - (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the eclipticvernal equinox - (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Piscesautumnal equinox - (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgobarycenter - (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolveculmination - (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizonlimb - (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planetperiapsis, point of periapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbitedanomaly - (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)celestial latitude, dec, declination - (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial spherecelestial longitude, right ascension, RA - (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees"asterism - (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)canal - (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusioncoma - (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmedcomet - (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit