Rotanev

English

Proper noun

Rotanev

  1. Beta Delphini A, one of the two components of a binary star in the constellation of Delphinus.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Named after Sicilian astronomer Nicolaus Venator (1770–1841), by reversing the letters in the Latinized form of his last name.

Proper noun

Rotanev ? sg (indeclinable)

  1. (astronomy) The star β Delphini in the constellation Delphinus.[1]
    • 1814, Giuseppe Piazzi, editor, Praecipuarum stellarum inerrantium positiones mediae ineunte saeculo XIX, page 147:
      ROTANEV
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References

  1. ^ https://xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/index.php/Rotanev
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