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Draft:List of pareidolia in astronomy, biology, and geology

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List of pareidolia in astronomy, biology, and geology

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Astronomy

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Sources of many of the above mentioned names:

  • Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 2: Double Stars, Variable Stars, and Nonstellar Objects (Edited by Alan Hirshfeld and Roger W. Sinnott, 1985); pages xlv, xlvi, xlvii, xlviii, xlix, and l: GLOSSARY OF SELECTED ASTRONOMICAL NAMES.
  • Deep-Sky Name Index 2000.0 (Hugh C. Maddocks, Foxon-Maddocks Associates, 1991), a derivate of Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 2.

Biology

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  • Heikegani, a species of crab native to Japan with shells interpreted to be the face of angry samurai

Geology

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