Capricornus
Americannoun
noun
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.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2022
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.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2022
From an earthly perspective, Saturn — found now on the border of the constellations Aquarius and Capricornus — and the sun are opposite one another.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
After watching Venus and Mars in the constellation Leo dip below the horizon, turn to the east to find Saturn rising in the constellation Capricornus, followed by Jupiter in the constellation Aquarius.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2021
Flammarion claims that the Chinese astronomers noted the five planets in conjunction in Capricornus, in the year 2449 b.c.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
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