This dimension sorts celestial objects by their basic kind, such as a planet, star, galaxy or comet. Wikipedia notes that "asteroids, moons, planets, and stars are astronomical bodies," while looser structures such as "planetary systems, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies" count as objects in the wider sense. Browsing by object type keeps similar kinds of objects grouped together.
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1. Wikipedia: Stellar classification
Wikimedia FoundationStellar classification, History section, 1901 Cannon sentenceQuote, Stellar classification, History section, 1901 Cannon sentence
In 1901, Annie Jump Cannon returned to the lettered types, but dropped all letters except O, B, A, F, G, K, M, and N used in that order, as well as P for planetary nebulae and Q for some peculiar spectra.
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