celestial body An astronomical object, celestial object, stellar object or heavenly body is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists within the observable universe. In astronomy, the terms ''object'' and ''body'' are of ...

, as the

sun The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light a ...

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...

or an object that gives

light Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be visual perception, perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum and is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400– ...

; or, a person of eminence or brilliant achievement. From

Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th -4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ...

''luminarie'' or late Latin ''luminarium'', from Latin ''lumen'', ''lumin-'' "light". Luminary may also refer to: *Luminary (astrology), in traditional astrology, one of the two brightest and most astrological planets: the Sun and the Moon *

Luminary (Gnosticism) In Sethian Gnosticism, a luminary is an angel-like being (or heavenly dwelling place in the ''Apocryphon of John''). Four luminaries are typically listed in Sethian Gnostic texts, such as the '' Secret Book of John'', the '' Holy Book of the Grea ...

, of which four are typically given

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*'' The Luminary'', Atlanta, Georgia's first newspaper (1846–1849) * ''Luminary'' (Laramore), a public artwork created in 2008 on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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* "Luminary" (''Millennium''), the 12th episode of season 2 (and 34th overall) of ''Millennium'', which aired in 1998 *'' Global Luminary'' or ''Luminary – Rise of the Goonzu'', a game on game portal NDOORS *''

The Luminaries ''The Luminaries'' is a 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton. Set in New Zealand's South Island in 1866, the novel follows Walter Moody, a prospector who travels to the West Coast settlement of Hokitika to make his fortune on the goldfields. Instead ...

'', 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton *The Luminary, the player character of ''

Dragon Quest XI ''Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age'' is a 2017 role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. The eleventh entry in the ''Dragon Quest'' series, it was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 4 in July 2 ...

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* LUMINARY, the software program controlling the

Apollo Guidance Computer The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a digital computer produced for the Apollo program that was installed on board each Apollo command module (CM) and Apollo Lunar Module (LM). The AGC provided computation and electronic interfaces for guidanc ...

in the lunar module of the Apollo missions * Luminary Group, a licensing and intellectual property management company *

Luminary (podcast network) Luminary is a subscription podcast network that launched on 23 April 2019. History It was launched by Luminary Media LLC, a venture-backed company, that was co-founded in 2018 by Joe Purzycki, and Matt Sacks. Preceding the launch, the compan ...

, a subscription podcast network

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