Pyxis

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

Boussole

pyxis

Synonymes

Malus

Compass

Mariner’s Compass

Magnetic Compass

Traductions

Bussola

Pyxis

Pyxis

Πυξίς

Brúixola

Pyxis

Kumpas

Pyxis

Pyxis

Brúixula

Étymologie (Anglais)

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

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