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It was a gentle dig at his Arcturian homeland, which was smaller than most planets.

From Youth by Asimov, Isaac

At the lowest window Krag went straight ahead without stepping, but Maskull clambered into the embrasure, in order to renew his acquaintance with the miraculous spectacle of the Arcturian group.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David

It was forty feet long, eight wide, and eight high; the tank containing the Arcturian back rays was in front, the car behind.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David

They are of a spectral type approximately solar; no Orion, Sirian or Arcturian stars having been found among them.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

There were clothes and games, precious stones and exotic rings, watches set with Arcturian dream-stones, and boots inlaid with silver.

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward