helio-
prefix
uk/hiː.li.əʊ-/us/hiː.li.oʊ-/relatingto thesun; used toformnounsandadjectives:
A heliograph is asignallingdevicethat usesreflectedsunlight.
Likeinsects,reptilesareessentiallyheliothermic (theirbodiesgettheirwarmthfrom thesun).
See also
heliocentric
heliotherapy
- The Sun'soutermostelectromagneticdomainis called the heliosphere.
- Asscientistsresearchthesunin aneffortto makeweatherpredictions, they have been using helioseismology.
- Theexhibithas a heliochronometer made in the early 1700s, apocketwatchwith atinysundialthatfoldsinto thewatchcase.
Astronomy
- albedo
- Andromeda
- Aquarius
- Aries
- asteroid
- full moon
- galactic
- galaxy
- Gemini
- geostationary orbit
- orbit
- orbital
- penumbra
- phase
- Pisces
- substellar
- sunspot
- supergiant
- supermassive
- supermoon
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