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Natural Science Disciplines > Physics > Astronomy

Preferred term

Astronomy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for properties and processes of matter in outer space (stars, planets, comets etc)

Scope note

  • The science concerned with celestial bodies and the observation and interpretation of the radiation received in the vicinity of the earth from the component parts of the universe (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001256

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