...It is a large Y-shaped string of stars stretching northwest from the alpha star Spica. In Greek mythology, they are likened to Astraea, the goddess of justice born to the god Zeus and the goddess Themis, or to Persephone, the daughter of the grain goddess Demeter, or to Demeter herself, with Spica representing the ear of wheat held in her hand. Beta star is called Ararakh, has a magnitude of 3.8, a spectral type of F8, and is located 32 light years away. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Astraea" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…α星スピカから北西にのびる大きなY字形の星列である。ギリシア神話では,大神ゼウスと女神テミスの間に生まれた正義の女神アストライアとか,穀物神デメテルの娘ペルセフォネとか,デメテル自身の姿に見たてており,スピカはその手に握る麦の穂先に相当する。β星はアララフと呼ばれ,3.8等でスペクトル型はF8,32光年の距離にある。… ※「アストライア」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
A perennial plant of the Polygonaceae family (APG...
Daly stated that there are two types of igneous ro...
An abbreviation for unidentified flying object. It...
…The English name lizardfish also comes from this...
…This is called emergency regulation. Money chang...
Discharge in gas. This is the most common type of...
The person in charge of organizing a regional ente...
…Based on this report, the central government tri...
… 【China】 The four legal codes, Li, Ling, Ge, and...
...This method is used to introduce disease resis...
...Translations that are done orally are called i...
[1] (Self-Ha 4) ① To turn one's back on someon...
A naturalist and man of letters in the mid-Edo pe...
…This tradition was continued after World War II ...
…History is a complementary field to the study of...