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Gomez's Hamburger

Gomez's Hamburger proper noun: a young A0III-type star with an apparent magnitude of +14.4 in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of 250 ±50 parsecs from Earth.

gomez's hamburger: a young A0III-type star with an apparent magnitude of +14.4 in the constellation Sagittarius at a...
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Proper noun

Gomez's Hamburger

  1. A young A0III-type star with an apparent magnitude of +14.4 in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of 250 ±50 parsecs from Earth.
    Synonyms:
    IRAS 18059-3211

Synonyms of Gomez's Hamburger

  • IRAS 18059-3211

Origin of Gomez's Hamburger

Named for its discoverer, Chilean astronomer and astrophotographer Arturo Gómez, and for its resemblance to a hamburger (its protoplanetary disk the dark “burger” and the far sparser starlight-illuminated dust on either side the light “buns”) when viewed edge-on from Earth.

Questions about Gomez's Hamburger

What does Gomez's Hamburger mean?
Gomez's Hamburger means a young A0III-type star with an apparent magnitude of +14.4 in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of 250 ±50 parsecs from Earth.
What part of speech is Gomez's Hamburger?
Gomez's Hamburger is a proper noun.

Words near Gomez's Hamburger in the dictionary

  1. gomesin
  2. gomesins
  3. gomesis
  4. Gomez
  5. Gomez and López-Hernández syndrome
  6. Gomez's Hamburger
  7. Gomezhernandez
  8. Gomezhernandezes
  9. Gomezlopez
  10. Gomezlopezes
  11. gomihan

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