Mira
Meanings
name
- A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.
name
- Mirabai, a 16th-century Indian poetess.
- A female given name from India.
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Etymology
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”).
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