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That applies to just about any other object in our Solar System - and equivalent objects in other solar systems: planets, moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, meteorites, pieces of dust, comets. I don't think there is a generic name for all of them.

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What is the meaning of astonomy?

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Why is it easier to see the planets motion and not the stars?

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What are the four stars besides the sun?

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Who first gave twinkling stars its star polygonal shape?

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How the light bulb changed America?

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