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Stars, planets, moons and constellations, plus the dogs and the words of the space age.

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Girl names (87)

Adhara
A bright star in the Great Dog, Arabic for the virgins · Arabic
Alcyone
Brightest star of the Pleiades cluster
Algieba
A golden double star in the mane of Leo · Arabic
Alhena
A bright star at the foot of Gemini · Arabic
Alnair
The bright one, the brightest star of Grus the crane · Arabic
Alphecca
The jewel of the Northern Crown · Arabic
Amalthea
Small reddish moon close in to Jupiter
Andromeda
Our nearest large neighbour galaxy
Ankaa
The brightest star of Phoenix, Arabic for the phoenix · Arabic
Anthe
A tiny moon of Saturn, Greek for flowery · Greek · small dogs
Aquila
The eagle constellation, set on the Milky Way
Ascella
A star in Sagittarius, Latin for armpit · Latin
Astra
Latin, stars · Latin
Atria
The brightest star of the Southern Triangle
Belka
Soviet space dog who orbited and came home safely · Russian
Bellatrix
Bright star in the constellation Orion
Callisto
One of the four large moons of Jupiter
Capella
Bright golden star in the charioteer constellation
Cassiopeia
The W shaped constellation of the north
Celaeno
A star of the Pleiades, named for one of the seven sisters · Greek
Celeste
Latin, of the sky · Latin
Ceres
Largest object in the asteroid belt · Latin
Columba
The dove constellation, Latin for dove · Latin
Corona
Latin for crown, two constellations and the glowing edge of the Sun · Latin
Crescent
The thin curved shape of a young Moon
Curiosity
Rover that has been exploring Mars since 2012
Denebola
The star at the tip of the lion's tail · Arabic
Despina
A moon of Neptune named for a daughter of Poseidon · Greek
Dione
Bright icy moon of Saturn
Dubhe
Brightest star of the Plough
Elara
A moon of Jupiter, named for a lover of Zeus in myth · Greek
Eltanin
The brightest star of Draco, Arabic for the great serpent · Arabic
Eris
Dwarf planet further out than Pluto
Europa
Icy moon of Jupiter with an ocean beneath the crust · Greek
Fortitudo
An exoplanet named from the Latin for strength · Latin
Galatea
A moon of Neptune named for a sea nymph · Greek
Halley
The comet that returns roughly every seventy six years
Haumea
Fast spinning dwarf planet shaped like an egg
Hiwa
Hiwa i te rangi, the wishing star of Matariki · Maori
Hyades
The V shaped star cluster in the face of Taurus · Greek
Io
The volcanic innermost large moon of Jupiter · small dogs
Lacerta
The lizard constellation · Latin
Larissa
A moon of Neptune named after a nymph · Greek
Libra
The scales constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Lyra
The small harp constellation
Lyrid
The meteor shower of April
Mab
A small moon of Uranus named after Queen Mab of the fairies
Merope
One of the seven sisters in the Pleiades
Metis
The innermost moon of Jupiter, named for the Titan of wisdom · Greek
Mintaka
One of the three stars in Orion's belt
Moonbeam
A ray of moonlight
Moonlight
The silver light of the Moon
Naiad
The innermost moon of Neptune, named for the water nymphs · Greek
Namaka
A moon of Haumea named for a Hawaiian sea goddess · Hawaiian
Nereid
Distant moon of Neptune on a long stretched orbit
Neso
The most distant moon of Neptune, named for an island nymph · Greek
Nix
A small moon of Pluto named for the goddess of night · Greek · small dogs
Nunki
A bright star of Sagittarius with a Babylonian name · Babylonian
Perseid
The bright meteor shower of August
Pleiades
The seven sisters star cluster, called Matariki in New Zealand · Greek
Pleione
A star of the Pleiades, the mother of the seven sisters · Greek
Proxima
The nearest star to the Sun, Latin for nearest · Latin
Psyche
A metal rich asteroid named after the Greek heroine Psyche · Greek
Pyxis
A small constellation of the ship's compass · Greek · small dogs
Sagitta
The arrow, one of the smallest constellations · small dogs
Sao
A small moon of Neptune named after a sea nymph · Greek · small dogs
Shaula
The star at the tip of the Scorpion's sting, Arabic for raised tail · Arabic
Sinope
A distant moon of Jupiter named after a nymph · Greek
Solstice
The turning point of the sun's year
Spica
Brightest star in the constellation Virgo
Starlight
The soft light of the stars
Starry
Full of stars, for a dog with a sparkly personality
Strelka
Soviet space dog who flew with Belka and returned · Russian
Styx
Tiny moon of the dwarf planet Pluto · small dogs
Supernova
A star exploding in a huge flash of light · Latin
Taygeta
A star of the Pleiades, named for a mountain nymph · Greek
Thebe
A small inner moon of Jupiter · Greek
Tucana
The toucan constellation of the southern sky
Ursa
The bear constellation of the northern sky · big dogs
Vega
A brilliant blue white star in Lyra
Vela
Constellation of the ship's sails
Vesta
One of the brightest asteroids in the belt · Latin
Virgo
The maiden constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Vulpecula
The little fox constellation · Latin · small dogs
Waita
A star of Matariki connected with the sea · Maori
Waiti
A star of Matariki connected with fresh water · Maori
Zosma
A star on the back of Leo the lion, Greek for girdle · Greek

Boy names (108)

Acrux
The brightest star of the Southern Cross · Latin
Albireo
A gold and blue double star at the head of the swan · Arabic
Alcor
Faint companion star beside Mizar · small dogs
Aldebaran
Orange star that marks the eye of Taurus
Alioth
The brightest star of the Big Dipper · Arabic
Alkaid
The star at the end of the Big Dipper's handle · Arabic
Almach
A beautiful gold and blue double star in Andromeda · Arabic
Alnitak
Star at the eastern end of Orion's belt
Alphard
The lonely one, the only bright star in Hydra · Arabic
Alpheratz
The brightest star of Andromeda · Arabic
Altair
Bright star in the eagle constellation
Antares
Red giant star at the heart of Scorpius
Aquarius
The water bearer constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Arcturus
Orange giant star in the herdsman constellation
Aries
The ram constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Arion
A planet named after a poet rescued by dolphins in Greek myth · Greek
Armstrong
First person to walk on the Moon
Auriga
The charioteer constellation
Avior
A bright star of the southern sky in Carina
Betelgeuse
Red supergiant star on the shoulder of Orion · big dogs
Bootes
The herdsman constellation, home of the bright star Arcturus · Greek
Brahe
An exoplanet named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe · Danish
Caliban
A moon of Uranus named after the wild islander in The Tempest
Canopus
Second brightest star in the night sky
Capricorn
The sea goat constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Cassini
Spacecraft that spent thirteen years at Saturn
Castor
One of the twin stars of Gemini
Cepheus
The king constellation near the north pole of the sky
Cetus
The sea monster constellation · Latin · big dogs
Charon
Large moon that circles with Pluto
Corvus
The crow constellation
Cygnus
The swan constellation of the northern sky
Daphnis
A tiny moon that makes waves in Saturn's rings · Greek · small dogs
Deimos
The smaller of the two moons of Mars · small dogs
Delphinus
The dolphin, a small bright constellation · Latin
Deneb
Brilliant distant star in the swan constellation
Draco
The dragon constellation coiled round the pole · big dogs
Elnath
The star at the tip of the bull's horn in Taurus · Arabic
Enceladus
Moon of Saturn that sprays water into space
Enif
The star on the nose of Pegasus · Arabic
Eridanus
The great river constellation · Greek
Fomalhaut
A lone bright autumn star, Arabic for mouth of the fish · Arabic
Francisco
A moon of Uranus named after a lord in The Tempest · Spanish
Gacrux
The red giant star at the top of the Southern Cross
Gagarin
First person to orbit the Earth · Russian
Galileo
Astronomer who found the big moons of Jupiter · Italian
Ganymede
Largest moon in the solar system · Greek · big dogs
Hadar
A brilliant blue star in Centaurus, one of the pointers to the Southern Cross · Arabic
Hamal
The brightest star of Aries, Arabic for lamb · Arabic
Herschel
Astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus
Hubble
Space telescope that changed how we see the universe
Iapetus
Moon of Saturn with one pale side and one dark side
Janus
A moon of Saturn named for the two faced Roman god of doorways · Latin
Jove
An old poetic name for Jupiter · Latin
Jupiter
The largest planet in the solar system · Roman · big dogs
Kepler
Astronomer of orbits, and a planet hunting telescope
Kerberos
A moon of Pluto named for the three headed dog of Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Kochab
A guardian star of the Little Bear · Arabic
Kuiper
The belt of icy worlds beyond Neptune
Leonid
The meteor shower of November
Lepus
The hare constellation that sits at Orion's feet · Latin
Lupus
The wolf constellation of the southern sky
Magellan
Spacecraft that mapped the surface of Venus
Makemake
Dwarf planet out in the Kuiper belt
Mars
The red planet · Roman
Merak
One of the two pointer stars of the Big Dipper · Arabic
Mercury
The smallest planet and the fastest Roman god · Roman · small dogs
Mimas
A cratered moon of Saturn · Greek
Mirzam
The herald star in the Great Dog, rising before Sirius · Arabic
Mizar
Double star in the handle of the Plough
Neptune
The eighth planet, named for the god of the sea · Roman · big dogs
Oort
The distant cloud that comets come from
Orcus
A dwarf planet beyond Neptune, named for the Roman god of the underworld · Latin
Orion
The hunter constellation, and a hunter of Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Pallas
Second asteroid ever discovered · Greek
Pavo
The peacock constellation of the southern sky
Phobos
The larger of the two moons of Mars
Pioneer
Early spacecraft sent out past Jupiter
Pluto
Dwarf planet named for the god of the underworld · Greek · small dogs
Pollux
The brighter twin star of Gemini
Procyon
Brightest star in Canis Minor, the little dog
Proteus
Neptune's second largest moon, named for the shape changing sea god · Greek
Pulsar
A spinning neutron star that beats like a lighthouse
Quasar
An intensely bright distant galactic core
Quijote
An exoplanet named after Don Quixote · Spanish
Regulus
Bright star at the heart of Leo
Rigel
Brilliant blue white star in Orion
Rigil
Rigil Kentaurus, the star we know as Alpha Centauri · Arabic
Rocinante
An exoplanet named after Don Quixote's old horse · Spanish
Sadr
The star at the heart of Cygnus the swan, Arabic for chest · Arabic
Sagittarius
The archer constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Saturn
The ringed planet · Roman · big dogs
Scorpio
The scorpion of the zodiac · Latin
Scorpius
The scorpion constellation with the red star Antares · Latin
Sirius
The brightest star in the night sky, the Dog Star
Skylab
The first American space station
Soyuz
Long serving Russian spacecraft · Russian
Sputnik
Russian, travelling companion, the first satellite · Russian · small dogs
Stephano
A moon of Uranus named after the drunken butler in The Tempest
Taurus
The bull constellation of the zodiac · big dogs
Thuban
A star in Draco that was the pole star when the pyramids were built · Arabic
Toliman
An old name for Alpha Centauri · Arabic
Trinculo
A moon of Uranus named after the jester in The Tempest
Triton
Largest moon of Neptune, and it orbits backwards
Tycho
Astronomer Tycho Brahe, and a bright crater on the Moon
Umbriel
The darkest of the large moons of Uranus
Viking
First spacecraft to land and work on Mars
Vostok
Spacecraft that carried the first person into space · Russian

Names for either (34)

Achernar
A bright blue star at the end of the river Eridanus, Arabic for river's end · Arabic
Alnilam
The middle star of Orion's Belt, Arabic for string of pearls · Arabic
Apogee
The far point of an orbit
Apus
The bird of paradise constellation · Greek
Black Hole
A region of space whose gravity lets no light escape
Cosmos
Greek, order, and a word for the universe · Greek
Crux
The Southern Cross, Latin for cross · Latin
Dark Matter
The unseen matter thought to make up most of the universe's mass
Eclipse
When one body passes in front of another and hides it
Equinox
The day when light and dark are equal
Galaxy
A vast system of stars, from the Greek gala, milk · big dogs
Gemini
The twins constellation, and an early space programme
Gibbous
The bulging shape of the Moon between half and full · Latin
Ginan
A star of the Southern Cross named by the Wardaman people · Wardaman
Grus
The crane, a constellation of the southern sky · Latin
Halo
Ring of light seen around the sun or moon
Imai
A star of the Southern Cross with a Mursi name · Mursi
Lunar
Of the Moon, from Latin luna · Latin
Lynx
Faint constellation named after the wild cat
Meteor
A rock that burns bright as it enters the atmosphere
Nebula
A cloud of gas and dust where stars form
Orbit
The path a moon takes around its planet
Phoenix
Southern constellation named for the firebird
Pisces
The fishes constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Polaris
The north star, fixed above the pole
Puanga
The Maori name for Rigel, the star that marks the new year in some regions · Maori
Puppis
The stern of the ship Argo, a constellation with a very puppy sounding name · Latin
Rover
What we call the robots that drive across Mars
Ryugu
An asteroid visited by a Japanese probe, named for the dragon palace of folklore · Japanese
Saiph
A bright star at Orion's knee, Arabic for sword · Arabic
Stardust
Mission that caught comet dust, and what stars leave behind
Volans
The flying fish constellation · Latin
Voyager
Probe that passed the outer planets and kept going
Zenith
The point directly overhead

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