English Explanatory Dictionary

Barnard's Star

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A very low-mass red dwarf star about six light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

Word forms

Barnard's Star

Etymology

Named for American astronomer E. E. Barnard, who measured its proper motion in 1916.

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