Pyxis

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

Bussola

sinonimi

Malus

Compass

Mariner’s Compass

Magnetic Compass

Traduzioni

Schiffskompass

Boussole

Brújula

Pyxis

Pyxis

Pyxis

Kompas

Πυξίς

Kumpas

Brúixola

Pyxis

Pyxis

pyxide

Bossòla

Etimologia (Inglese)

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