Sedna
See also: sedna
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Inuktitut Sitna.
The dwarf planet is named after the goddess.
Proper noun
[edit]Sedna
- (mythology, Inuit mythology) The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
- 2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other Stories (2023), page 87:
- Sedna began to enjoy keeping all the sea creatures away from the humans by tucking them into her now miles-long hair.
- (astronomy) 90377 Sedna, a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt.
- 2007, C. Murray, David Brodie, Ice, Rock, and Beauty: A Visual Tour of the New Solar System, page 32:
- Scattered beyond the Kuiper Belt is a disk of objects such as Eris and Sedna.
- 2009, Alan Boyle, The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference[1], page 106:
- Brown clicked on a button to have the computer calculate just how far away the object was, and came up with a distance farther than Pluto, even farther than Sedna: about 97 AU. Then he ran some quick calculations to estimate how big the object was, assuming that it was as reflective as Sedna.
- 2010, Rodney S. Gomes, Jean S. Soares, Sedna, 2004 VN112 and 2000 CR105: the tip of an iceberg, Julio A. Fernández, Daniela Lazzaro, Dina Prialnik, Rita Schulz (editors), Icy Bodies of the Solar System: Proceedings of the 263rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union (IAU S263), page 67,
- We review two main scenarios that may have implanted Sedna, 2004 VN112 and 2000 CR105 on their current peculiar orbits.
- (astronomy) Sedna Planitia, a plain on Venus.
Synonyms
[edit]- (astronomy, astrology): ⯲
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a goddess
planetoid
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See also
[edit]- (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
References
[edit]- ^ Slyuta, E. N.; Kreslavsky, M. A. (1990). Intermediate (20–100 KM) Sized Volcanic Edifices on Venus. Lunar and planetary science XXI. Lunar and Planetary Institute. p. 1174.
Further reading
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Sedna (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - 90377 Sedna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]- Sedan, Desna, snead, Snead, Sande, Deans, deans, nades, sedan, Adens, DNase, Denas, saden, Danes, Neads, Andeshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trans-Neptunian
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sedna f
- (Inuit mythology) Sedna (Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals)
- Sedna (trans-Neptunian dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sedna
Further reading
[edit]- Sedna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sedna f
- Sedna (Inuit sea goddess)
Proper noun
[edit]Sedna
- Sedna (trans-Neptunian object)
Tatar
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sedna
- Sedna, a large trans-Neptunian object.
References
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