Star

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Star

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1. A self-luminous celestial body exclusive of nebulas, comets, and meteors; any one of the suns seen in the heavens. Distinguished from planets or planet satellites that shine by reflected light. See navigational stars, table VII. </dd>
2. Any luminous body seen in the heavens. </dd>
The star (sense 1) of our solar system is the sun. In sense 2, star sometimes excludes the sun, the moon, and manmade satellites from the category. [[/a>|/a> ]]

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use