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Eridanos (mythology) (or Eridanus), a river in Greek mythology, somewhere in Central Europe, which was territory that Ancient Greeks knew only vaguely; The Po River, according to Roman word usage; Eridanos (Athens), a former river near Athens, now subterranean
A small river near Athens was named Eridanos in ancient times, and has been rediscovered with the excavations for construction of the Athens Metro.There were no serious scientific works that would investigate the connection of Eridanus with the Balkan hydronym for the river Drina, although such studies would be necessary, bearing in mind the ...
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Eridanus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. ... ne: γ Cas variable; Be ...
The Eridanos river system, projected on the map of the present European continent (text in Dutch). Eridanos, derived from the ancient Greek Eridanos, is one name given by geologists to a river that flowed where the Baltic Sea is now. [1]
40 Eridani is the system's Flamsteed designation and ο² Eridani (Latinised to Omicron 2 Eridani) its Bayer designation.The designations of the sub-components – 40 Eridani A, B and C – derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
The Eridanos / ə ˈ r ɪ d ə ˌ n ɒ s / or Eridanus (/ ə ˈ r ɪ d ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἠριδανός) was a river in Athens mentioned in Greek mythology and historiography. Mythical stream
Eta Eridani (η Eridani, abbreviated Eta Eri, η Eri), officially named Azha (with a silent 'h', possibly / ˈ eɪ z ə /), [8] [7] is a giant star in the constellation of Eridanus. Based on parallax measurements taken during the Hipparcos mission, it is approximately 137 light-years from the Sun .
Psi Eridani, Latinized from ψ Eridani, is a star in the constellation Eridanus. With an apparent visual magnitude is 4.81, [2] it can be seen with the naked eye on a clear, dark night. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 4.41 milliarcseconds, [1] it is located roughly 740 light-years away from the Sun.