Pyxis

Anlam (İngilizce)

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.

Kavramlar

Pyxis

Kumpas

Eş anlamlılar

Malus

Compass

Mariner’s Compass

Magnetic Compass

Çeviriler

Schiffskompass

Boussole

Brújula

Pyxis

Bussola

Pyxis

Πυξίς

Pyxis

Kompas

Pyxis

Brúixola

pyxis

Pyxis

pyxide

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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