Aurora, in Roman religion and mythology: see Eos.

Aurora. 1 City (1990 pop. 222,103), Adams and Arapahoe counties, N central Colo., a growing suburb on the east side of Denver; inc. 1903. Founded during the silver boom of the 1890s, it is now a business and technical center and Colorado's third largest city. Manufactures includes furniture, aircraft fittings, electrical equipment, precision measurement instruments, magnesium products, computer software, and paper. Tourism and construction are also important. The former Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center is being converted to business and research use. 2 City (1990 pop. 99,581), Kane co., NE Ill., on the Fox River; inc. 1837. It has large railroad yards and a variety of manufactures, including paper and plastic products, rods and bearings, controls (thermostats), foods, and consumer goods. It was one of the first cities to use electricity for street lighting (1881). It is the seat of Aurora Univ. and of a notable historical museum. A riverboat casino opened in the city in 1993.

Luminous phenomenon of the upper atmosphere that occurs primarily at high latitudes. Auroras in the Northern Hemisphere are called aurora borealis, or northern lights; in the Southern Hemisphere they are called aurora australis, or southern lights. Auroras are caused by the interaction of energetic particles (electrons and protons) from outside the atmosphere with atoms of the upper atmosphere. Such interaction occurs in zones surrounding the Earth's magnetic poles. During periods of intense solar activity, auroras occasionally extend to the middle latitudes.

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Roman goddess of dawn. Her Greek counterpart was Eos. Hesiod described her as the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She was the sister of Helios, the sun, and Selene, the moon. By the Titan Astraeus, she became the mother of the winds and of the evening star. In Greek mythology she was also represented as the lover of the hunters Cephalus and Orion.

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Aurora most commonly refers to:

• Aurora (astronomy), a glow in the sky seen at polar latitudes, commonly referred to as the "northern lights" or the "southern lights"
• Aurora (mythology), the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology

Aurora may also be:

Arts

Literature

• Aurora Australis (book), the first book published in Antarctica
• Aurora Award (Prix Aurora), Canadian science-fiction and fantasy
• Aurora (comics), superheroine in the Marvel Universe
• Aurora (planet), Spacer world in Isaac Asimov's fiction
• Aurora, a defunct science-fiction and fantasy society subsumed by 3. Zmaj

Music

• Aurora (Angela Chang album)
• Aurora (Bada album)
• Aurora (band), an electronic music project
• Aurora (Aurora (band) album), the band's self-titled debut album
• Aurora (Esmerine album)
• Aurora Records, a record label
• Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)

Visual media

• Aurora Community Television, an Australian TV channel
• Aurora (film), a 2006 Ukrainian film
• Aurora (image), default wallpaper for Windows Vista
• "Aurora" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
• Aurora class battleship, an "Ancient" warship in Stargate Atlantis
• Aurora Unit, organic supercomputers in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• Princess Aurora, in Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
• See Princess Aurora for other uses

People

• Aurora (name)
• Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
• Aurora Cunha (born 1959), Portuguese long-distance runner
• Aurora Karamzin neé Stjernvall (1808–1902), Finnish philanthropist
• Aurora Königsmarck (1662–1728), mistress of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland
• Aurora Quezon (1888–1949), first spouse of a Philippine president to be called First Lady
• Aurora Robles (born 1980), supermodel
• Aurora Snow (born 1981), American pornographic actress
• Jagjit Singh Aurora (1916–2005), general from India

Places

Australia

• Aurora Place, skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales
• Aurora Stadium, formerly York Park stadium in Launceston, Tasmania
• Aurora Tower, a skyscraper in Brisbane, Queensland
• Aurora, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne

Brazil

• Aurora, Santa Catarina

Canada

• Aurora, Ontario
• Aurora Cable Internet
• Aurora GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the town
• Aurora Transit

Guatemala

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

Italy

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

Philippines

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

South Africa

• Aurora, Western Cape

South Atlantic

• Aurora Islands

Suriname

• Aurora, Suriname

United States

• Aurora, Colorado
• Aurora Reservoir
• Aurora, Illinois
• Aurora, Indiana
• Aurora, Iowa
• Aurora, Kansas
• Aurora, Maine
• Aurora, Minnesota
• Aurora Township, Minnesota
• Aurora, Missouri
• Aurora, Nebraska
• 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, Nevada
• Aurora, North Carolina
• Aurora, Ohio
• Aurora, Oregon
• Aurora County, South Dakota
• 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

Vanuatu

• Aurora Island (now generally known as Maewo)

Educational facilities

• Aurora College, formerly Arctic College, in the Northwest Territories, Canada
• Aurora College (Invercargill), formerly Mount Anglem College, Invercargill, New Zealand
• Aurora University, Illinois, USA
• Aurora University (Shanghai), merged into Shangai Second Medical College in 1952

Sciences

Biology

• Aurora, a genus of pyraloidea (pyraloid moths), now a junior synonym of Peoria
• Aurora, a genus of brush-footed butterflies whose name is preoccupied by the moth genus; a junior synonym of Acraea
• Aurora kinases, a family of kinase enzymes

Computers

• Aurora Engine and Aurora toolset, runs Neverwinter Nights
• Aurora (protocol), a link-layer protocol for serial links
• Aurora SPARC Linux, a port of the Fedora Core Linux distribution for SPARC-based computers
• Aurora, the code name for the Windows Vista version Windows Media Player 11
• The "Aurora" brand of gaming PCs from Alienware

Space

• 94 Aurora, an asteroid discovered by J. C. Watson in 1867
• Aurora, an albedo feature on Mercury
• The Aurora programme, a strategy of the European Space Agency

Gemology

• The Aurora Butterfly of Peace
• Aurora Diamond Collection

Vehicles and vessels

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 Armed Forces

Automobiles

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

Marine

• Aurora, an 18th-century Spanish ship, for which the Aurora Islands are named
• Aurora Australis (icebreaker)
• Aurora (ship), Australian Antarctic expedition vessel
• HMS Aurora, the name of ten ships of the British Royal Navy, of different eras
• M/V Aurora (1977), a ferry operated by the Alaska Marine Highway System
• M/V Aurora (2000), a cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises
• Russian cruiser Aurora, the ship which initiated the October Revolution

Railway locomotives

• Aurora, a South Devon Railway Comet class locomotive

Others

• Aurora Casket Company, based in Aurora, Indiana, US
• Aurora Energy, electricity company in Tasmania, Australia
• Aurora FC, traditional football club in Guatemala
• Aurora Formula One Series, the British Formula One Series held between 1978 and 1982
• Aurora Health Care, health care company in Wisconsin, US
• Aurora (pen manufacturer), an Italian company
• Aurora Plastics Corporation, an American toy and hobby company
• Aurora Texas UFO Incident
• Sega Aurora, an arcade board

See also

• Aroura, ancient Greek unit of measurement
• Aurora Airport, airports associated with the name Aurora

Aurore

• Aurore, a variety of grape
• Aurore (2005 film), a film based on Aurore Gagnon's life
• Aurore Gagnon, Aurore, the martyred child