Methuselah

Meanings

1. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
2. A planet in the PSR B1620-26 star system, Messier 4 globular cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Scorpius constellation; a circumbinary planet, officially named PSR B1620-26 b, orbiting a pulsar (“PSR B1620-26 A”) and white dwarf (“WD B1620-26 B”).

1. Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.
2. Alternative spelling of methuselah (“large wine bottle”).

1. A large wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.
2. A small pattern that takes many generations to stabilize.

Etymology

From Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (M'tušelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (M'tušalaḥ). The planet's name stems from the fact that, at the time of its discovery in 2003, it was the oldest known planet.