Pyxis

Significat (Anglès)

A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation.

Conceptes

Brúixola

Brúixula

Sinònims

Malus

Compass

Mariner’s Compass

Magnetic Compass

Traduccions

Boussole

Schiffskompass

Brújula

Pyxis

Bussola

Kompas

Pyxis

Pyxis

Πυξίς

Pyxis

Pyxis

Kumpas

Pyxis

Kompass

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Etimologia (Anglès)

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1763, and originally called Pyxis Nautica (“nautical compass”), from Latin pyxis (“little box”).