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語源

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”), named so because it follows the Pleiades.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /alˈdɛbəɹən/

固有名詞

Aldebaran

1. (astronomy) One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth. [from 14th c.]
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:

     The kingly brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and Betelgueux shone with a fiery red.

   • 2012 December 9, Alan Pickup, The Guardian:

     The brightest object depicted is Jupiter which stands near the red giant star Aldebaran in Taurus.

派生語

参考

• (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega

アナグラム

• Labradane