Disciplines and Occupations

Astronomy

The science concerned with celestial bodies and the observation and interpretation of the radiation received in the vicinity of the earth from the component parts of the universe (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The science concerned with celestial bodies and the observation and interpretation of the radiation received in the vicinity of the earth from the component parts of the universe (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for properties and processes of matter in outer space (stars, planets, comets etc)

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  1. H01w.671w.065w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Astronomy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001256. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001256
  2. Astronomy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy
  3. Astronomy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333