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Definition: Bootes |
BootesNoun1. A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Bootes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Aerospace | See constellation.Abbreviation Boo, Boot. (references) |
Literature | Bootes (Bo-o'-tees ), or the ox-driver, a constellation. According to ancient mythology, Botes invented the plough, to which he yoked two oxen, and at death, being taken to heaven with his plough and oxen, was made a constellation. Homer calls it "the wagoner." "Wide o'er the spacious regions of the north, That see Botes urge his tardy wain." Thomson: Winter, 834-5. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Boötes, the herdsman, is one of the 88 modern constellations and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy. It contains the fourth brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.
The constellation is located between 0° and +60° declination, 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere.
| Boötes | |
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| Abbreviation | Boo |
| Genitive | Boötis |
| Meaning in English | the Herdsman |
| Right ascension | 15 h |
| Declination | 30° |
| Visible to latitude | Between 90° and -50° |
| On meridian | 9 p.m., June 15 |
| Area - Total | Ranked 13th 907 sq. deg. |
| Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 | 3 |
| Brightest star - Apparent magnitude | Arcturus (α Boötis) -0.04 |
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Izar (ε Boo), having an apparent magnitude of 2.7, is the third brightest star in the constellation. It is actually a binary and has a companion of 5.12m.
The meteor shower Quadrantids within this constellation is named after the defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis (which is now a part of Boötes).Notable features
The name of Arcturus, the alpha star of Boötes, means bear driver. It is a zero magnitude red giant and is the fifth brightest star as seen from Earth. It is one of the vertices of the Spring Triangle, the other two being Spica (α Virginis) and Denebola (β Leonis).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bootes."
Crosswords: Bootes |
| English words defined with "Bootes": Arcturus ♦ Coma Berenices, Corona Borealis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Bootes": Boo, Boot. (references) |
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bootes | 18 |
bootes constellation | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "Bootes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tossut (gym shoes, sandshoes, sneakers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ootesbay волопас. (various references) čizmice. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "Bootes" (pronounced 'Bo*["o]"tes'): Aetites, Antes, Ascites, Atlantes, Barytes, Cerastes, Certes, Chaetetes, Clidastes, Cortes, Cyphonautes, Dalmanites, Ecclesiastes, Gasteromycetes, Gerontes, Hymenomycetes, Microlestes, Mycetes, Myxomycetes, Myzontes, Nates, Nemertes, Nummulites, Optimates, Orbitolites, Penates, Pentremites, Porites, Primates, Procrustes, Pterocletes, Quirites, Rudistes, Saccharomycetes, Sarcoptes, Schizomycetes, Sorites, Troglodytes, Tympanites, Vadantes, Vagantes, Venantes. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-o-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: besot, boost, boots, oboes. | |
-2 letters: best, bets, boos, boot, bots, obes, oboe, oots, soot, stob, toes. | |
-3 letters: bet, boo, bos, bot, obe, oes, oot, ose, set, sob, sot, toe, too. | |
-4 letters: be, bo, es, et, oe, os, so, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: boosted, booster, bootees, booties, reboots, seaboot. | |
+2 letters: besmooth, besoothe, biotopes, bonitoes, booklets, bookrest, boomiest, boomlets, boosters, bootlegs, bootless, booziest, botryose, eobionts, hotboxes, obsolete, outboxes, seaboots, theorbos. | |
+3 letters: beetroots, bentwoods, besmooths, besoothed, besoothes, bloodiest, bloomiest, boathouse, boltholes, boltropes, bondstone, bonteboks, bookrests, bookstore, booteries, bootlaces, bottomers, bounteous, broodiest, brookites, brooklets, broomiest, codebtors, cohobates, datebooks, freeboots, hoofbeats, houseboat, notebooks, objectors, obsoleted, obsoletes, postboxes, robotizes, robotries, stoneboat, stylebook, tabooleys, textbooks, tobaccoes, tombstone, toolboxes, trombones. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6F 6F 74 65 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... --- --- - . ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101111 01101111 01110100 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B o o t e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006F 006F 0074 0065 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)368181867185 |
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