[DOC] [TLE] Does the sun have a proper name? | Science Wire | EarthSky [PAR] May 6, 2016 ... But, although it's also a star, our sun doesn't have a generally ... Just to confuse 
things, the IAU does suggest we all use Sun and Moon, rather than the ... Most 
extrasolar planets haven't yet been given proper names either, ... Germans call it 
Sonne, which is where the Old English word Sunne comes from. [DOC] [TLE] Timekeeping on Mars - Wikipedia [PAR] Various schemes have been used or proposed for timekeeping on the planet 
Mars ... Thus Mars' solar day is only about 2.7% longer than Earth's. ... Mars, the 
Sun can run 50 minutes slower or 40 minutes faster than a Martian clock (on 
Earth, .... A mean Martian solar day, or "sol", is 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 
seconds. [DOC] [TLE] FAQs | StarDate Online [PAR] This is the stage on which planets, stars, galaxies -- all matter in the universe -- 
act ... however, that our space is smoothly curved -- more like a ball than a wad of 
paper ... Of course, the nearest star to Earth is the one we see every day -- our 
dear old Sun. ... The binary system called Procyon is a bit farther at 11.2 light-
years. [DOC] [TLE] All About Stars | Scholastic.com [PAR] Also it is about 10,000 times brighter than our sun (because a larger star is 
brighter). ... that the scintillation (we also call it "seeing") changed in a predictable 
pattern ... "burning," which can be confusing because we don't mean burning as 
in fire. ... giants, then we know that all the stars in the cluster are 500 million years 
old. [DOC] [TLE] How Long Is A Day On The Other Planets Of The Solar System ... [PAR] Jan 24, 2016 ... We are all familiar with how long a day is here on Earth. ... while in others, they 
can last longer than years  sometimes considerably! ... Mercury is the closest 
planet to our Sun, ranging from 46,001,200 km ... In many respects, Mars can 
also be called Earth's Twin. .... 1) Sideral = stars; solar = Sol/The Sun. [DOC] [TLE] Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet - Universe Today [PAR] Oct 16, 2016 ... Then our Solar System would have 9 planets again. .... Ceres might well become 
a planet some day, without changing the least bit. ..... The fact that Pluto CAN'T 
exist close to the Sun means we are going to find all kinds of ..... Whether Pluto's 
called a Planet, dwarf planet, planetoid, plutoid, or whatever [DOC] [TLE] Astronomers Discover Ancient System with Five Small Planets | NASA [PAR] All five planets orbit their sun-like star in less than ten days, which makes .... 
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will find similar planets ... of 
charged particles known as a stellar wind (in our solar system, we call this the 
solar wind). ..... Kepler-223's planets also are in resonance, meaning their 
gravitational... [DOC] [TLE] From the Sun to the Stars - Jim Kaler [PAR] We then expand outward into the Solar System to visit the planets, their orbits, 
and .... The short-wave "image" of the Sun will be refracted upward more than the 
longer. ... Sunlight also plays on the Moon, which orbits Earth just under once a 
month and ...... Often called Earth's twin, Venus is just a bit smaller than our 
planet. [DOC] [TLE] Strange Horizons Articles: The Color Orange: Our mysterious ... [PAR] Aug 9, 2004 ... You can, if you like, write an article in which you refer to the red star marking the 
right ... But we don't call them Lalande numbers; we call them Flamsteed ... The 
fact that both planets travel in orbits also means that Mars is not bobbing ... to the 
Sun, it will then also be closer to the Earth than at any other time. [DOC] [TLE] Wikijunior:Solar System/

Question: This old nickname for the star we call the sun can also mean a Martian day, a bit longer than ours
Answer: a sol