fixed star

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Etymology

Originally so named as to distinguish the stars that appear to have a fixed position on the firmament from the “wandering stars”, i.e., the planets.

Noun

fixed star (plural fixed stars)

1. (astronomy) A star whose movement cannot be seen from Earth.

Usage notes

• Used historically to differentiate stars from planets, comets, asteroids, meteors, and novae.

Translations

distant star

Chinese: Mandarin: 恆星 / 恒星 (zh) (héngxīng) Esperanto: fiksa stelo Finnish: kiintotähti (fi) Galician: estrela fixa f German: Fixstern (de) m, Standstern m Greek: απλανής αστέρας m (aplanís astéras) Ancient: ἀστὴρ ἀπλανής m (astḕr aplanḗs) Hebrew: כּוֹכַב שֶׁבֶת (he) m (kocháv shévet) Icelandic: fastastjarna (is) f, sólstjarna (is) f Indonesian: bintang tetap, sabitah (id) Irish: réalta sheasta f Japanese: 恒星 (ja) (kōsē) Korean: 항성 (ko) (hangseong) Latin: stella fixa Persian: بیابانی (fa) (bîyâbânî), ایستاده (fa) (istâde) Polish: gwiazda stała f Russian: неподви́жная звезда́ f (nepodvížnaja zvezdá) Spanish: estrella fija f Swedish: fixstjärna (sv) c

See also

• faxed star