Classifying the cosmos : how we can make sense of the celestial landscape / Steven J. Dick.

Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction to Astronomy's Three Kingdoms; The Importance of Classification; Classification in Astronomy; The Three Kingdom (3K) System; Definitions and Principles of Classification; Delineating Astronomy's Three Kingdoms; The Physical Basis for Astronomy's 18 Families; Defining Astronomy's 82 Classes: What Is a Class?; Summary of Classification Principles in the Three Kingdom System; Relationships Among Classes: Cosmic Evolution; Uses of the System and Future Development; Abbreviations; Part I The Kingdom of the Planets; 1.: The Protoplanetary Family

Class P 1: Protoplanetary Disk2.: The Planet Family; Class P 2: Terrestrial (Rocky); Class P 3: Gas Giant; Class P 4: Ice Giant; Class P 5: Pulsar Planet; 3.: The Circumplanetary Family; Class P 6: Satellite; Class P 7: Ring; Class P 8: Radiation Belt; 4.: The Subplanetary Family; Class P 9: Dwarf Planet; Class P 10: Meteoroid; Class P 11: Minor Planet/Asteroid; Class P 12: Comet; Class P 13: Trans-Neptunian Objects; 5.: The Interplanetary Medium Family; Class P 14: Gas; Class P 15: Dust; Class P 16: Solar Wind; Class P 17: Anomalous Cosmic Rays; 6.: The Planetary Systems Family

Class P 18: Planetary Systems/ExoplanetsClass P 19: Asteroid Groups; Class P 20: Meteoroid Streams; Class P 21: Kuiper Belt; Class P 22: Oort Cloud; Part II The Kingdom of the Stars; 7.: The Protostellar Family; Class S 1: Protostar; 8.: The Star Family; Class S 2: T Tauri; Class S 3: Herbig Ae/Be; Class S 4: Dwarf; Class S 5: Subdwarf; Class S 6: Subgiant; Class S 7: Giant; Class S 8: Bright Giant; Class S 9: Supergiant; Class S 10: Hypergiant; Class S 11: Supernova; Class S 12: White Dwarf; Class S 13: Neutron Star; Class S 14: Black Hole; 9.: The Circumstellar Family

Class S 15: Debris DiskClass S 16: Circumstellar Shell; Class S 17: Planetary Nebula; Class S 18: Nova Remnant; Class S 19: Core Collapse Supernova Remnant; Class S 20: Stellar Jet; Class S 21: Herbig-Haro Object; 10.: The Substellar Family; Class S 22: Brown Dwarf; 11.: The Interstellar Medium Family; Class S 23: Cool Atomic Cloud (H I); Class S 24: Hot Ionized Cloud (H II); Class S 25: Molecular Cloud; Class S 26: White Dwarf Supernova Remnant; Class S 27: Dark Nebula; Class S 28: Reflection Nebula; Class S 29: Stellar Winds; Class S 30: Galactic Cosmic Rays; 12.: The Stellar Systems Family

Class S 31: Binary StarClass S 32: Multiple Star; Class S 33: Association (OB); Class S 34: Open Cluster; Class S 35: Globular Cluster; Class S 36: Population; Part III The Kingdom of the Galaxies; 13.: The Protogalactic Family; Class G 1: Protogalaxy; 14.: The Galaxy Family; Class G 2: Elliptical Galaxy; Class G 3: Lenticular Galaxy; Class G 4: Spiral Galaxy; Class G 5: Irregular Galaxy; Class G 6: Seyfert Galaxy; Class G 7: Radio Galaxy; Class G 8: Quasar; Class G 9: Blazar; 15.: The Circumgalactic Family; Class G 10: Satellites and Stellar Streams; Class G 11: Galactic Jet