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A celestial object orbiting a sun that is massive enough to obtain a round shape but too small to clear its o

...this reason it is largely believed that they comprise a ring orbiting the Sun, referred to as the Kuiper Belt.<ref>[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jew ...inning of the solar system. These dark comets occasionally fall toward the Sun and become short-period comets.

...mate average (or mean) distance from the [[Earth_(planet)|Earth]] to the [[Sun]] used to provide relative distances within the [[solar system]]. ...s really somewhat less than the average distance between the Earth and the Sun (which is approximately 150 million km or 93 million miles).<ref>[http://ne

...cal]] orbit around the [[Sun]]. Comets become visible as they approach the Sun and can be much larger than they seem - the tails of some comets are over 1

...l cast, who portray the crew of a [[spaceship]] sent to reignite the dying sun with a nuclear weapon as the [[Earth]] of the year 2057 slowly freezes. [[p

...other stars, and in about 4,000 years will reach its closest point to the Sun. Arcturus can be identified via another 'arc', namely the shape of the [[Ur

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...of the four planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars, that are nearest the sun.

*[[Sun (UK)]] *[[Herald Sun]]

Red dwarf star of absolute magnitude 16.6, it is 7.8 light-years from the sun and is a variable flare star, which may emit bursts of light and even radio

...l observations, and using photography took the first clear pictures of the Sun.

* [http://java.sun.com/reference/api/ Sun's Java API's], full online application programming interface reference for * [http://java.sun.com/docs/white/langenv/index.html The Java Language Environment], a white p

...ellite or moon can be in orbit around the planet, and outside of which the Sun or star's gravity prevents the smaller body from orbiting the planet. In ot ...r than Earth. The gravitational force from Earth must dominate that of the Sun in order for a satellite to orbit it, which only happens if the satellite i

...[[Greek god|god]] known as a [[Titan (god)|Titan]] who is the god of the [[sun]].

..., porting GNU Emacs and other programs to the Sun environment. His time at Sun made John a millionaire, leaving him free to pursue other interests.

...e from the sun of about 1 AU and about 2.3 AU, respectively. It orbits the Sun every 2.1 years.

'''Mercury''' at 0.4 AU (57,910,000 km) is the [[planet]] closest to our Sun, and it is the smallest of the eight planets in our solar system, with only ...to be called a planet, an object must have three traits. It must orbit the sun, be massive enough that its own gravity pulls it into a nearly round shape,

...gly influenced by the Sun's gravitational pull than Earth's, and orbit the Sun instead.

...so enjoys [[midnight sun]]s during the summer. In the heart of winter, the sun never rises, making this area ideal for viewing the [[Aurora Borealis]] &md

...nding from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 55 AU from the Sun, containing thousands of icy bodies, some of which are on highly elliptical

The fifth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in our [[solar system]]; named after the [[Roman]] [[god]] [[Jupiter (myt

...nd computer languages. Software systems that use (different) IDLs include Sun's ONC RPC, The Open Group's Distributed Computing Environment, IBM's System

...her the entire period between sunrise and sunset, or one full cycle of the sun's motion, starting variously at sunset, sunrise, midnight, or noon (mid-day ...between transits of "fixed" stars. Due to the motion of planets around the sun, there will be either one more or one less sidereal day in a [[year]] than

...shadow & claw.jpg|right|200px|The first two books of ''The Book of the New Sun'', 2000 omnibus printing.}}--> ...mporary English. The series takes place in the distant future, where the [[Sun]] has dimmed considerably and the Earth (referred to in the series as "Urth

MySQL AB was bought by SUN Microsystems on Feb 26, 2008 for $1B USD. Ref:[[http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/2008-0116/index.jsp]].

...the equator, representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead.

* 2007: Stevie Salas (''Sun and the Earth'')

...e moves out some. If the star is less than about 0.5 times the size of the Sun, or more than 3 times as large, there may not be any zone-of-life. ...t over from the formation of Titan, but streaming solar particles from the Sun at that distance give methane a half life of 10**6 years. Since Titan is as

...e [[ocean]] rises or falls due to [[tidal force]]s. The [[moon]] and the [[sun]] both exert tidal forces on the earth and the earth's ocean. The movement ...in water level experienced is dependent upon the relative position of the sun and the moon and the shape and orientation of the coastline.

...mple, a change in the concentration of carbon dioxide or the output of the Sun. ...can be caused, for instance, by more intense insolation (radiation by the Sun), or by a [[carbondioxide]] increase in the atmosphere.

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* Spector, Ronald. ''Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan'' (1985), brief summary ...zer Prize history from Japanese perspective; [http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Sun-Decline-Japanese-1936-1945/dp/0812968581/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qi

...://www.sun.com/suntrademarks/ Sun Trademarks]</ref> in return for bundling Sun's Java runtime with the popular [[Netscape Browser]]<ref>http://web.archive

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* 2004: STS (''Shooting the Sun'')

...ernational in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Europe]], and [[Canada]], as ''The Sun Collection'' (1975), in vinyl disc (AFM1-1675) and cassette format (APK1-16 #'I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine' (Mack David) - 2:23

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...sun. The star is large enough to fill the orbit of Venus if it were in the sun's position.<ref name="Kaler" />

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* Handel, Michael I. ''Masters of War: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and Jomini'' (1992) 176 pp.

...stored sources of energy received in the past millions of years from the Sun.

...s wild in open, grassy areas. As an ornamental garden plant, it needs full sun and deep soil, and is propagated from seed in the spring.

...ther a white dwarf system or an aged star about five times the size of the sun, which occurs when the star collapses; a neutron star or a black hole may b

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...ization combines the assets of seven funds of the Pew Family, heirs of the Sun Oil Company.

They are best grown in moist but well-drained [[soil]], in full sun. They are planted in the spring. While some varieties are perennials, and m

| founded_by = Al Goldstein, John Sun, Paul Zhang ...was founded in 2012 by serial [[entrepreneur]] Albert ‘Al’ Goldstein, John Sun and Paul Zhang.<ref>{{cite web

#'Here Comes the Sun' (Harrison) #'Sun King'

<ref>https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/sun-life-stadium/</ref> ...adium in 1997, Dolphin(s) Stadium in 2005, Land Shark Stadium in 2009, and Sun Life Stadium in 2010)