ERIDANUS Definition & Meaning

Eridanus

[ ih-rid-n-uhs ]

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noun

Astronomy.

genitive Eridani

the River, a large southern constellation between Cetus and Orion, containing the bright star Achernar.

Eridanus

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noun

a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Eridanus¹

from Greek Eridanos river in Italy (sometimes identified with the Po) into which, according to legend, Phaëthon fell

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The black hole in the Eridanus galaxy weighs in at about one million solar masses.

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There they were turned into poplar trees, on the bank of the Eridanus,

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Late at night, face the southeastern sky and hunt for the asteroid in the constellation Eridanus, the river, just next to the more familiar constellation Orion.

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The trio of labs put the origin of the waves in the direction of the constellation Eridanus.

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Keid is easily visible to the unaided eye as a faint star that sits in the southern constellation Eridanus.

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Eric XIV Eridu

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