Astronomiska symboler

Astronomiska symboler är symboler som används för att representera olika objekt på himlen, teoretiska konstruktioner och observerbara händelser inom astronomin. Symbolerna som listas här används av både professionella astronomer och amatörastronomer. Många av symbolerna används även inom astrologin.

Solen

Huvudartikel: Solsymbol

Namn	Symbol		Unicode
Solen		[1][2][3]	☉	—	U+2609
		[4]	🜚	—	U+1F71A
		[5][6]	🌞︎	🌞	U+1F31E

Månen

Namn	Symbol		Unicode
Månen		[7][8][9]	☽	—	U+263D
		[8][9]	☾	—	U+263E
Nymåne		[8][9]	🌑︎	🌑	U+1F311
Växande skära			🌒︎	🌒	U+1F312
Växande halvmåne			🌓︎	🌓	U+1F313
Växande måne			🌔︎	🌔	U+1F314
Fullmåne		[8][9]	🌕︎	🌕	U+1F315
Avtagande måne			🌖︎	🌖	U+1F316
Avtagande halvmåne			🌗︎	🌗	U+1F317
Avtagande skära			🌘︎	🌘	U+1F318
Månskära utan specifikation			🌙︎	🌙	U+1F319
Nymåne med ansikte		[5][10][11]	🌚︎	🌚	U+1F31A
Växande skära med ansikte		[5][10][11]	🌛︎	🌛	U+1F31B
Avtagande skära med ansikte		[5][10][11]	🌜︎	🌜	U+1F31C
Fullmåne med ansikte		[5][10][11]	🌝︎	🌝	U+1F31D

Planeter

Namn	Symbol		Unicode
Merkurius		[1][2][12]	☿	U+263F
Venus		[1][2][12]	♀	U+2640
Jorden		[2][8]	♁	U+2641
		[1][2][12]	🜨	U+1F728
Mars		[1][2][12]	♂	U+2642
Jupiter		[1][2][12]	♃	U+2643
Saturnus		[1][2][12]	♄	U+2644
Uranus		[13][14]	⛢	U+26E2
		[8][9][12]	♅	U+2645
Neptunus		[1][2][9]	♆	U+2646
		[15][12]	⯉	U+2BC9

Dvärgplaneter

Namn	Symbol		Unicode
Ceres		[3][8][12]	⚳	U+26B3
Quaoar		[16]	🝾	U+1F77E
Sedna		[16]	⯲	U+2BF2
Orcus		[16]	🝿	U+1F77F
Pluto		[1][2]	♇	U+2647
		[17]	⯓	U+2BD3
			⯖	U+2BD6
			⯔	U+2BD4
Haumea		[17]	🝻	U+1F77B
Eris		[17]	⯰	U+2BF0
			⯱	U+2BF1
Makemake		[17]	🝼	U+1F77C
Gonggong		[16]	🝽	U+1F77D

Centaurer

Namn	Symbol		Unicode
2060 Chiron		[18]	⚷	U+26B7
5145 Pholus		[19]	⯛	U+2BDB
7066 Nessus		[19]	⯛	U+2BDC

Asteroider

Namn	Symbol		Unicode
2 Pallas		[20]	⚴	U+26B4
3 Juno		[21][22]	⚵	U+26B5
		[12][23]	—
4 Vesta		[18]	⚶	U+26B6
		[3][24][23]	—
		[25]	—
5 Astraea		[26][24]	—
		[27]	⚖	U+2696
		[19]	⯙	U+2BD9
6 Hebe		[3][12][24]	🍷︎	U+1F377
		[28][29][30]
7 Iris		[31][32]	—
		[3][12]	—
8 Flora		[3][24]	⚘	U+2698
9 Metis		[3][12][24]	—
10 Hygiea		[3][24]	⚕	U+2695
		[33][32]
		[19]	⯚	U+2BDA
11 Parthenope		[3][33]	—
		[27]	—
12 Victoria		[3][24]	—
13 Egeria		[32]	—
14 Irene		[27]	—
15 Eunomia		[3][24]	—
16 Psyche		[32]	—
17 Thetis		[34]	—
18 Melpomene		[32]	—
19 Fortuna		[32]	—
26 Proserpina		[35]	—
28 Bellona		[36]	—
29 Amphitrite		[37]	—
35 Leukothea		[38]	—
37 Fides		[39]	—

Stjärnbilder

Namn	Symbol		Unicode
Väduren		[40][41]	♈︎	♈	U+2648
Oxen		[40][41]	♉︎	♉	U+2649
Tvillingarna		[40][41]	♊︎	♊	U+264A
Kräftan		[40][41]	♋︎	♋	U+264B
Lejonet		[40][41]	♌︎	♌	U+264C
Jungfrun		[40][41]	♍︎	♍	U+264D
Vågen		[40][41]	♎︎	♎	U+264E
Skorpionen		[40][41]	♏︎	♏	U+264F
(Ormbäraren)		[41]	⛎︎	⛎	U+26CE
Skytten		[40][41]	♐︎	♐	U+2650
Stenbocken		[40][41]	♑︎	♑	U+2651
Vattumannen		[40][41]	♒︎	♒	U+2652
Fiskarna		[40][41]	♓︎	♓	U+2653

Övriga symboler

Namn	Symbol		Unicode
Uppstigande nod		[2][8]	☊	U+260A
Nedstigande nod		[2][8]	☋	U+260B
Konjunktion		[8][9]	☌	U+260C
Opposition		[8][9]	☍	U+260D
Ockultation			🝵	U+1F775
Månförmörkelse			🝶	U+1F776
Kvadratur		[8][9]	□	U+25A1
Komet		[8][37][42]	☄	U+2604
Stjärna		[8][37][42]	★	U+2605
Planetarisk ring		[43]	🪐︎	U+1FA90

Se även

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42. Tupman, G. L. (1877). ”Observations of Comet I 1877”. Astronomische Nachrichten 89 (11): sid. 169–170. doi:10.1002/asna.18770891103. Bibcode: 1877AN.....89..169T. https://books.google.com/books?id=46MEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA169. Läst 24 mars 2011.
43. Kirkhill Astronomical Pillar

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