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Astronomical Bodies

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The index values to use to refer to a specific astronomical body in astronomical tokens, are the following:

 

Index

Name


Index

Name


Index

Name

0

Sun


10

Sirius


20

Antares

1

Moon


11

Arcturus


21

Pollux

2

Mercury


12

Vega


22

Fomalhaut

3

Venus


13

Capella


23

Deneb

4

Mars


14

Rigel


24

Regulus

5

Jupiter


15

Procyon


25

Castor

6

Saturn


16

Betelgeuse


26

Virgo Cluster

7

Uranus


17

Altair


27

Andromeda Galaxy

8

Neptune


18

Aldebaran


28

Prasepe Beehive Cluster

9

Pluto


19

Spica


29

Alcyone

 

Note that the values 0 (the Sun) to 9 (Pluto) are also used by planetary tokens.

 

See also: planetary events.