Capricornus
Americannoun
genitive
Capricorninoun
Etymology
Origin of Capricornus
From Latin
Example Sentences
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The ringed planet stands at the constellation Capricornus at +0.7 magnitude, a little faint under urban conditions.
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Saturn — our solar system’s other large gaseous planet — now rises in the late afternoon, ahead of Jupiter, and loiters near the goat shape of Capricornus.
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From an earthly perspective, Saturn — found now on the border of the constellations Aquarius and Capricornus — and the sun are opposite one another.
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Find the large, gaseous, ringed planet wedged between the constellations Aquarius and Capricornus.
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Naval Observatory, seems to be squeezed between the constellations Capricornus and Aquarius.
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