Eridanus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Eridanus
from Greek Eridanos river in Italy (sometimes identified with the Po) into which, according to legend, Phaëthon fell
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The two planets were discovered orbiting a star obliquely named LP 890-9, which is in the constellation Eridanus, about 105 lightyears from where you're reading this.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2022
In 1960, the astronomer Frank Drake periodically pointed an 85-foot radio telescope at two nearby Sun-like stars, Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridanus, hoping to tune in to any transmissions.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2015
The mysterious river Eridanus, which no mortal eyes have ever seen, received him and put out the flames and cooled the body.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
There they were turned into poplar trees, on the bank of the Eridanus,
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Eridanus is a large though not very conspicuous constellation, which is generally supposed to represent the celebrated river now known as the Po.
From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Serviss, Garrett Putman
For the three stars with detected astrospheres, named 70 Ophiuchi, epsilon Eridani, and 61 Cygni, the researchers estimated their mass loss rates to be 66.5±11.1, 15.6±4.4, and 9.6±4.1 times the solar mass loss rate, respectively.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024
In what he called Project Ozma, after the Wizard of Oz, Dr. Drake alternately pointed the telescope at a pair of sunlike stars, Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani, each about 11 light-years from Earth.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
A good example of a typical white dwarf is the nearby star 40 Eridani B. Its surface temperature is a relatively hot 12,000 K, but its luminosity is only 1/275 LSun.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The second-nearest known exoplanet, Epsilon Eridani b, is more than twice as distant.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2012
Location.—Three degrees north and 2° west of Rigel, in Orion, lies β Eridani, the source of the River.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
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