μ̊
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of μοῖρα (moîra) (see μοίρα (moíra))
Noun
[edit]μ̊ • (m̊)
- a degree (°)
- ca. 129 BCE, Hipparchus, Star Catalog :[1]
- Ὁ στέφανος ἐν τῷ βορείῳ ἡμισφαιρίῳ κείμενος κατὰ μῆκος μὲν ἐπέχει μ̊ θ̅ καὶ δ̅ʹ ἀπὸ τῆς α̅ μ̊ τοῦ σκορπίου ἕως ι̅ ⟨καὶ⟩ δ̅ʹ μ̊ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ζῳδίου. Κατὰ πλάτος δ᾽ ἐπέχει μ̊ ς̅ C καὶ δ̅ʹ ἀπὸ μ̅θ̅ μ̊ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορείου πόλου ἕως μ̊ ν̅ε̅ C καὶ δ̅ʹ.
- Corona Borealis, lying in the northern hemisphere, in length spans 9¼° from the first degree of Scorpius to 10¼° in the same zodiacal sign. In breadth it spans 6¾° from 49° from the North Pole to 55¾°.
- Ὁ στέφανος ἐν τῷ βορείῳ ἡμισφαιρίῳ κείμενος κατὰ μῆκος μὲν ἐπέχει μ̊ θ̅ καὶ δ̅ʹ ἀπὸ τῆς α̅ μ̊ τοῦ σκορπίου ἕως ι̅ ⟨καὶ⟩ δ̅ʹ μ̊ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ζῳδίου. Κατὰ πλάτος δ᾽ ἐπέχει μ̊ ς̅ C καὶ δ̅ʹ ἀπὸ μ̅θ̅ μ̊ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορείου πόλου ἕως μ̊ ν̅ε̅ C καὶ δ̅ʹ.
References
[edit]- ^ Gysembergh, V., J. Williams, P., & Zingg, E. (2022). New evidence for Hipparchus' Star Catalogue revealed by multispectral imaging. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 53(4), 383–393. https://doi.org/10.1177/00218286221128289