This dimension names the larger system that a celestial object belongs to, such as a particular planetary system or star cluster. Wikipedia notes that an astronomical object "admits a more complex, less cohesively bound structure, which may consist of multiple bodies or even other objects with substructures." Browsing this way moves from a single object up to the wider system that contains it.
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NASA Solar System Exploration
Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationContains: Oberon, Oberon (moon), Wikipedia summaryView the Source Milky Way (Wikipedia)
Alpha Centauri (Wikipedia)
TON 618 (Wikipedia)
Vega (Wikipedia)
99942 Apophis (Wikipedia)
Messier 87 (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: Phobos (moon)
Arcturus (Wikipedia)
Antares (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: Deimos (moon)
TRAPPIST-1 (Wikipedia)
Kepler-452b (Wikipedia)
Large Magellanic Cloud (Wikipedia)
Contains: Large Magellanic Cloud, Large Magellanic Cloud, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Rigel (Wikipedia)
Altair (Wikipedia)
Barnard's Star (Wikipedia)
Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
Triangulum Galaxy (Wikipedia)
Contains: Triangulum Galaxy, Triangulum Galaxy, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Cygnus X-1 (Wikipedia)
Eagle Nebula (Wikipedia)
486958 Arrokoth (Wikipedia)
Canopus (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: Rhea (moon)
Helix Nebula (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: Tethys (moon)
Deneb (Wikipedia)
Kepler-186f (Wikipedia)
UY Scuti (Wikipedia)
101955 Bennu (Wikipedia)
Proxima Centauri b (Wikipedia)
Contains: Proxima Centauri b, Proxima Centauri b, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Wikipedia: 16 Psyche
Whirlpool Galaxy (Wikipedia)
Contains: Whirlpool Galaxy, Whirlpool Galaxy, Wikipedia summaryView the Source 433 Eros (Wikipedia)
Eta Carinae (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: Phoebe (moon)
Wikipedia: Hyperion (moon)
VY Canis Majoris (Wikipedia)
Contains: VY Canis Majoris, VY Canis Majoris, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Wikipedia: Dione (moon)
Ring Nebula (Wikipedia)
Sombrero Galaxy (Wikipedia)
Contains: Sombrero Galaxy, Sombrero Galaxy, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Carina Nebula (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: 3 Juno
Cat's Eye Nebula (Wikipedia)
Contains: Cat's Eye Nebula, Cat's Eye Nebula, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Horsehead Nebula (Wikipedia)
Contains: Horsehead Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Wikipedia: Pollux (star)
Wikipedia: Ariel (moon)
Centaurus A (Wikipedia)
TRAPPIST-1e (Wikipedia)
Pinwheel Galaxy (Wikipedia)
Contains: Pinwheel Galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Small Magellanic Cloud (Wikipedia)
Contains: Small Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud, Wikipedia summaryView the Source Wikipedia: 10 Hygiea
Wolf 359 (Wikipedia)
162173 Ryugu (Wikipedia)
Umbriel (Wikipedia)
Tarantula Nebula (Wikipedia)
Contains: Tarantula Nebula, Tarantula Nebula, Wikipedia summaryView the Source 51 Pegasi b (Wikipedia)
Achernar (Wikipedia)
Comet Hyakutake (Wikipedia)
Contains: Comet Hyakutake, Comet Hyakutake, Wikipedia summaryView the Source WASP-12b (Wikipedia)
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