Reticulum

专有名词
中文释义

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专有名词
  1. A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.
  2. Classified as two of 23 "Southern Asterisms" (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngqū) Chinese

词源

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later Latin rēticulum (“reticle”). The meaning is often wrongly interpreted as "net", which is an older meaning of the Latin root word. Doublet of reticle, reticule, and reticulum.
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