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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Auriga used when naming stars, such as α Aurigae.
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Examples
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While Alpa Aurigae is an interested spectroscopic binary star, it's not our target.
Journey Around A Black Hole – Epsilon Aurigae | Universe Today 2010
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Epsilon Aurigae illustration is courtesy of Nico Camargo.
Journey Around A Black Hole – Epsilon Aurigae | Universe Today 2010
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"If Epsilon Aurigae were an F star, with about 20 times the mass of the Sun…a single B star at the center of the disk doesn't have enough mass to explain the orbital dynamics," Hoard said.
Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse Mystery Solved with Your Help | Universe Today 2010
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The problem is this will happen next summer when epsilon Aurigae is near solar conjunction.
Journey Around A Black Hole – Epsilon Aurigae | Universe Today 2010
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Three generations out from Aurigae and its crowds, Cassandra I led a flotilla of three worldships into the Orion arm of the galaxy, traveling nicely now at three-tenths c and scooping up enough reaction mass to last the remaining two generation lifetimes to Eridani.
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Specifically, sir, Megara is the second planet of 329 Aurigae.
DEBTOR'S PLANET W.R. THOMPSON 2000
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Rojer asked because he had left Aurigae just after breakfast, arrived before lunch at Callisto where the drones were attached to his capsule and arrived after the noon meal on the Genesee.
Damia's Children McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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The 'dinis presently on Aurigae all happen to come from the northern Great continent.
Damia's Children McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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"You're barely sixteen and while you've been trained to very high standards, you've only worked here in Aurigae ..."
Damia's Children McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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This was not like their yearly retreat on Iota Aurigae: they weren't a matter of kilometres away in a hillside he could see from his bedroom window.
Damia's Children McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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