Pyxis

(Inglês)

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.

Etimologia (Inglês)

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

Conceitos

Pyxis

Bússola

Constelação de Pyxis

Sinônimos

Malus

Compass

Mariner’s Compass

Magnetic Compass

Traduções

Boussole

Schiffskompass

Brújula

Kompas

Bussola

Pyxis

Pyxis

Kompas

Πυξίς

Pyxis

Pyxis

Brúixola

Kumpas

pyxis

Brúixula