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    7 Iris is a large main-belt asteroid and possible remnant planetesimal orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. It is the fourth-brightest object in...
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  • Look up Iris or iris in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Iris most often refers to: Iris (anatomy), part of the eye Iris (color), an ambiguous color term...
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    Asteroids discovered: 10 7 Iris 13 August 1847 MPC 8 Flora 18 October 1847 MPC 12 Victoria 13 September 1850 MPC 14 Irene 19 May 1851 MPC 18 Melpomene...
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    Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ˈaɪrɪs/; EYE-riss; Greek: Ἶρις, translit. Îris, lit. "rainbow," Ancient Greek: [îːris]) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas...
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    The IRIS-T (infrared imaging system tail/thrust vector-controlled) is a medium range infrared homing missile available in air-to-air and surface-to-air...
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    Iris recognition is an automated method of biometric identification that uses mathematical pattern-recognition techniques on video images of one or both...
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  • Trent Seven, British wrestler 7 Up, a soda beverage The international calling code for Russia and neighboring countries 7 Iris, an asteroid in the asteroid...
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    head iris, I. tuberosa), and Pardanthopsis (vesper iris, I. dichotoma) are currently included in Iris. Three Iris varieties are used in the Iris flower...
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  • IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite) is a planned multi-orbit satellite internet constellation to be deployed...
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    asteroids. Of those in the above list, only 4 Vesta, 19 Fortuna, 6 Hebe, 7 Iris and 9 Metis orbit there. (Sort table by mean distance.) Below are the sixteen...
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