Scutum

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.

Konzepte

Übersetzungen

Écu de Sobieski

Ασπίς

Scutum

Scutum

Escut

Kalkan

Scutum

Scutum

Escudo

Sagittarius

Etymologie (Englisch)

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687, from Latin scūtum (“shield”). The original name given was Scutum Sobiescianum (Sobieski's Shield) in commemoration of the victory of the Polish, Austrian, and German forces led by the Polish king Jan III Sobieski at the battle of Vienna.

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