E ai ki ngā whakamāramatanga pākaha o te papakupu, "astronomi" e pā ana ki "te akoranga o ngā ahanoa me te take i waho o te āhuatanga Earth's, o ā rātou āhuatanga kikokiko, matū hoki," i te wā e pā ana te "whānuitanga o te mātauranga tātaitai ki ngā whanonga, ngā āhuatanga ā-tinana, me ngā tikanga hihiri o ngā mea ā-rangitahi me te hurihanga"."