Cetus
Americannoun
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Ceti
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cetus
From Latin; see origin at cet-
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Meet J0107a, an 11.2 billion-year-old monster galaxy located in the constellation Cetus.
From Space Scoop ● Jun. 5, 2025
My brother-in-law, John Sninsky, and others also worked on the PCR breakthrough at Cetus Corp.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2019
He left Cetus in 1986 to work at the biotechnology company Xytronyx in San Diego and worked as a freelance consultant thereafter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
Poseidon was so offended that he created a sea-monster named Cetus to devastate the kingdom.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Cetus 86 The head of Cetus lies about 20° southeast of Aries.
From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott
Meanwhile, the vistas of Tau Ceti outside the window are intimidating and gorgeous, with cinematographer Greig Fraser indulging in showers of purple glitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
The closest naked-eye star known to have planets is Tau Ceti, a mere 11.9 light-years from our world.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2023
Instead of imprisoning her, Khan, and the other Augments, he exiles them to live out their days on the technology-free planet Ceti Alpha V.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2023
He picked YZ Ceti b, which is slightly smaller than Earth and orbits a red dwarf located 12 light years away, making it tantalizingly close for further study.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
Our first survey ships to Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s Star, Sirius and Tau Ceti would have returned long ago.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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