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The subgiant star HD 140283, believed to be the oldest extant star discovered, is often nicknamed "The Methuselah Star" after the ancient biblical figure. [45] The name is also used to refer to the exoplanet PSR B1620−26 b, which is one of the oldest known exoplanets with an estimated age of 12.7 billion years old. [46]
He claimed to be the oldest person who ever lived when he died on September 2, 1973, at the alleged age of 168 years and 162 days, based solely on a passport. National Geographic carried the claim. Some sources claimed him to be the oldest centenarian in the USSR.
Isaac was the oldest of the biblical patriarchs at the time of his death, and the only patriarch whose name was not changed. [ 3 ] [ 30 ] Rabbinic literature also linked Isaac's blindness in old age, as stated in the Bible, to the sacrificial binding: Isaac's eyes went blind because the tears of angels present at the time of his sacrifice fell ...
Before her death, Francis was the 21st oldest American in history, and the 54th oldest person to ever live, according to LongeviQuest, ... Her favorite Bible verse was 1 John 4:8, “Whoever does ...
PSR B1620-26 b is an exoplanet located approximately 12,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius.It bears the unofficial nicknames "Methuselah" and "the Genesis planet" (named after the Biblical character Methuselah, who, according to the Bible, lived to be the oldest person) due to its extreme age.
These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.
Chinese Catholic priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation [109] Marian Tumler: 1887–1987: 100: Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order [110] (Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang) Vajirañāṇasaṃvara: 1913–2013: 100: 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand [111] Agnès-Marie Valois: 1914–2018: 103
Born August 4, 1900, Tajima is reported to have over 160 descendants with great-great-great grandchildren among them.