Sedna
Sedna proper noun: the Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals. Also the ellipsis of Sedna Planitia.
Proper noun
Sedna
- The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
- Sedna began to enjoy keeping all the sea creatures away from the humans by tucking them into her now miles-long hair.2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other Stories (2023), page 87
- a dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt.
- Scattered beyond the Kuiper Belt is a disk of objects such as Eris and Sedna.2007, C. Murray, David Brodie, Ice, Rock, and Beauty: A Visual Tour of the New Solar System, page 32
- Brown clicked on a button to have the computer calculate just how far away the object was, and came up with a distance farther than Pluto, even farther than Sedna: about 97 AU. Then he ran some quick calculations to estimate how big the object was, assuming that it was as reflective as Sedna.2009, Alan Boyle, The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference, page 106
- Synonyms:
- 90377 Sedna, 90377, 2003 VB12, 2003 VB12 Sedna, 90377 2003 VB12, 90337 (2003 VB12) Sedna
Also used as
Sedna is also the ellipsis of Sedna Planitia.
Sedna meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian
Sedna in Hindi
- planetoid
- सेडना seḍnā
Sedna in Arabic
- planetoid
- سدنا sadnā
Sedna in Indonesian
- planetoid
- Sedna
Sedna in Persian
- planetoid
- سدنا sednâ
More languagesFewer languages
- Sedna in Thai
- เซดนา sed nā
Synonyms of Sedna
- 90377 Sedna
- 90377
- 2003 VB12
- 2003 VB12 Sedna
- 90377 2003 VB12
- 90337 (2003 VB12) Sedna
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Origin of Sedna
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ (sanna, “Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea”). The dwarf planet and the planitia are named after the goddess.
Words formed from Sedna
Questions about Sedna
- What does Sedna mean?
- Sedna means the Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
- What is Sedna in Hindi?
- Sedna in Hindi is सेडना (seḍnā). See Sedna meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Sedna?
- Sedna is a proper noun.
Words near Sedna in the dictionary
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