Aurora

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Contents 1 Arts 1.1 Literature 1.2 Music 1.3 Visual media 2 People 3 Places 3.1 In Australia 3.2 In Canada 3.3 In Guatemala 3.4 In Italy 3.5 In the Philippines 3.6 In South Africa 3.7 In South Atlantic 3.8 In Suriname 3.9 In the United States 3.10 In Vanuatu 4 Sciences 4.1 Biology 4.2 Computers 4.3 Space 5 Vehicles and vessels 5.1 Aircraft and aerospace vehicles 5.2 Automobiles 5.3 Marine 5.4 Railway locomotives 6 Others

Aurora most commonly refers to:

• Aurora (astronomy), a glow in the sky seen at polar latitudes
• Aurora (mythology), the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology

Aurora may also be:

[edit] Arts

[edit] Literature

• Aurora (comics), a superheroine in the Marvel Universe
• Aurora (planet), Spacer world in Isaac Asimov's fiction
• Aurora Award (Prix Aurora), Canadian science-fiction and fantasy
• Aurora, SF society, a science fiction & fantasy society from Rijeka, Croatia

[edit] Music

• Aurora (Jean-Luc Ponty album), by Jean-Luc Ponty, 1976
• Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)
• Aurora (Angela Chang album)
• Aurora (Esmerine album)
• Aurora (Bada album)
• Aurora Heads, a trance/electronic music band
• A symphonic poem composed by William Lloyd Webber
• A song by the Foo Fighters from their 1999 album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose
• A song by Björk from her 2001 album Vespertine
• A song by Mike Oldfield, from his 2008 album Music of the Spheres
• A song by Veruca Salt
• A song by Japanese rock band Do As Infinity
• Aurora Records, a record label
• Aurora (band), an electronic music project
• Fuck You Aurora, a track on the Alkaline Trio's 2000 album Maybe I'll Catch Fire

[edit] Visual media

• Aurora (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
  • Aurora class battleship, an 'Ancient' warship in Stargate Atlantis
• Aurora Community Television, an Australian TV channel
• Aurora Production AG, a subsidiary of Children of God
• Princess Aurora, in Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty
  • See Princess Aurora (disambiguation) for other uses
• Aurora (image), default wallpaper for Windows Vista
• Aurora Unit, organic supercomputers in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

[edit] People

• Aurora (name)
• Aurora A. Quezon, first spouse of a Philippine president to be called First Lady
• Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
• Aurora Königsmarck (1662–1728), mistress of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland
• Aurora Robles, supermodel
• Aurora Stjernvall, Finnish benefactor
• Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress
• J S Aurora, General from India

[edit] Places

[edit] In Australia

• Aurora Stadium, formerly York Park stadium in Launceston, Tasmania
• Aurora Tower, Brisbane, skyscraper in Brisbane, Queensland
• Aurora, Victoria, suburb of Melbourne

[edit] In Canada

• Aurora, Ontario
  • Aurora Cable Internet
  • Aurora Transit
• Aurora College, formerly Arctic College, in the Northwest Territories

[edit] In Guatemala

• La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala's major international airport.

[edit] In Italy

• Aurora (Turin), an historical district in the city of Turin

[edit] In the Philippines

• Aurora (province)
• Aurora, Isabela
• Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur

[edit] In South Africa

• Aurora, Western Cape

[edit] In South Atlantic

• Aurora Islands

[edit] In Suriname

• Aurora, Suriname

[edit] In the United States

• Aurora, Colorado
  • Aurora Reservoir
• Aurora, Illinois
  • Aurora University, Illinois
• Aurora, Indiana
• Aurora, Iowa
• Aurora, Kansas
• Aurora, Maine
• Aurora, Minnesota
• Aurora, Missouri
• Aurora, Nebraska
• Aurora, Nevada
• Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
• Aurora, Erie County, New York
  • East Aurora, New York, a village within Aurora
  • Aurora Expressway, an expressway in western New York
• Aurora, North Carolina
• Aurora, Ohio
• Aurora, Oregon
• Aurora, South Dakota
• Aurora, Texas
• Aurora, Utah
• Aurora, West Virginia
• Aurora, Florence County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Taylor County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin
• Aurora County, South Dakota
• Aurora Township, Minnesota

[edit] In Vanuatu

• Aurora Island (now generally known as Maewo)

[edit] Sciences

[edit] Biology

• Aurora Kinases, a family of kinase enzymes

[edit] Computers

• Aurora engine and Aurora toolset, runs Neverwinter Nights
• Aurora, an adware client from DirectRevenue
• Aurora SPARC Linux, a port of the Fedora Core Linux distribution for SPARC-based computers
• Aurora (protocol), a link-layer protocol for serial links.
• the code name for the Windows Vista version Windows Media Player 11

[edit] Space

• Aurora (astronomy), the northern or southern lights
• 94 Aurora, an asteroid discovered by J. C. Watson, 1867
• The Aurora Programme, a strategy of the European Space Agency
• Aurora is an albedo feature on Mercury

[edit] Vehicles and vessels

[edit] Aircraft and aerospace vehicles

• Aurora aircraft, a possible United States Air Force hypersonic spy plane
• CP-140 Aurora, maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the Canadian Air Force

[edit] Automobiles

• Aurora (1904 automobile)
• Aurora (1957 automobile)
• Oldsmobile Aurora

[edit] Marine

• Aurora (ship), Australian Antarctic expedition vessel
• Aurora (cruiser), the ship which initiated the Russian October Revolution
• HMS Aurora of the British Royal Navy
• MV Aurora, a cruise ship
• M/V Aurora, a ferry operated by the Alaska Marine Highway System
• Aurora, an 18th century Spanish ship, for which the Aurora Islands are named
• Aurora Australis, an icebreaker ship

[edit] Railway locomotives

• A South Devon Railway Comet class locomotive

[edit] Others

• Aroura, ancient Greek unit of measurement
• Aurora Casket Company, based in Aurora, Indiana, US
• Aurora Energy, electricity company in Tasmania, Australia
• Aurora FC, traditional football club in Guatemala
• Aurora Health Care, health care company in Wisconsin, US
• Aurora (pen manufacturer), an Italian company
• Sega Aurora, an arcade board
• Aurora University, Illinois, US
• Aurora Texas UFO Incident

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