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 the Philippines 3.4 In South Africa 3.5 In South Atlantic 3.6 In the United States 3.7 In Vanuatu 4 Sciences 4.1 Biology 4.2 Computers 4.3 Space 4.4 Other 5 Vehicles and vessels 5.1 Aircraft 5.2 Automobiles 5.3 Marine 5.4 Railway locomotives 6 Others

Aurora most commonly refers to:

• Aurora (astronomy), a glow in the sky sometimes 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 album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose
• A song by Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk from her 2001 album Vespertine
• A song by Japanese rock band Do As Infinity
• Aurora Records, a record label
• Aurora (band), also called Aurora UK, an electronic music project

[edit] Visual media

• Aurora (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
  • Aurora class battleship, an 'Ancient' warship in Stargate Atlantis
• Aurora Community Television, programs about Australia
• Aurora Production AG, Children of God, The Family International
• Princess Aurora, in Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty
• Aurora, a fictional supersonic bomber from Command & Conquer: Generals
• Aurora (Image), The default computer wallpaper for Windows Vista

[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

[edit] In Canada

• Aurora, Ontario
  • Aurora Cable Internet
  • Aurora Transit
• Aurora Place, Alberta
• Aurora, New Brunswick
• Aurora College, formerly Arctic College, in the Northwest Territories

[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 the United States

• Aurora, Alabama
• Aurora, Alaska
• Aurora, Arkansas
• Aurora, California
• Aurora, Colorado
  • Aurora Reservoir
• Aurora, Florida
• Aurora, Illinois
  • Aurora University, Illinois
• Aurora, Indiana
• Aurora, Iowa
• Aurora, Kansas
• Aurora, Kentucky
• Aurora, Louisiana
• Aurora, Maine
• Aurora, Michigan
• Aurora, Minnesota
• Aurora, Missouri
• Aurora, Montana
• Aurora, Nebraska
• Aurora, Nevada
• Aurora, New Mexico
• Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
• Aurora, Erie County, New York
  • Aurora Expressway, an expressway in western New York
• Aurora, North Carolina
• Aurora, Ohio
• Aurora, Oklahoma
• Aurora, Oregon
• Aurora, South Dakota
• Aurora, Texas
• Aurora, Utah
• Aurora, Virginia
• Aurora, West Virginia
• Aurora, Florence County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Taylor County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Washington County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin
• Aurora County, South Dakota
• Aurora Township, Minnesota
• Aurora Township, North Dakota

[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, IBM network profiling system
• Aurora, an adware client from DirectRevenue
• Aurora SPARC Linux, a port of the Fedora Core Linux distribution for SPARC-based computers

[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

[edit] Other

• The Aurora krypton fluoride laser used for inertial confinement fusion at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

[edit] Vehicles and vessels

[edit] Aircraft

• 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

[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
• Aurora Energy, electricity company in Tasmania
• Aurora FC, traditional football club in Guatemala
• Aurora (pen manufacturer), an Italian company.
• Sega Aurora, an arcade board
• Aurora University, Illinois