Crossword clues for aldebaran
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aldebaran \Al*deb"a*ran\ ([a^]l*d[e^]b"[.a]*r[a^]n), prop. n. [Ar. al-debar[=a]n, fr. dabar to follow; so called because this star follows upon the Pleiades.] (Astron.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.
Now when Aldebaran was mounted high
Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair.
--Spenser.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bright star in Taurus, late 14c., from Arabic Al Dabaran "the follower" (of the Pleiades, which rise shortly before it does), from dabara "he followed."
Wikipedia
Aldebaran, designated Alpha Tauri (α Tauri, abbreviated Alpha Tau, α Tau) is an orange giant star located about 65 light years from the Sun in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It is the brightest star in its constellation and usually the fourteenth brightest star in the nighttime sky, though it varies slowly in brightness between magnitude 0.75 and 0.95. It is likely that Aldebaran hosts a planet several times the size of Jupiter.
The planetary exploration probe Pioneer 10 is currently heading in the general direction of the star and should make its closest approach in about two million years.
The Worlds of Aldebaran is a French science-fiction comic series written and illustrated by Léo and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English. The Aldebaran saga is divided into 3 cycles: Aldebaran and its sequels Betelgeuse and Antares. Each cycle is composed of some five albums, and each corresponds to a different planet. Although it is possible to read the cycles separately, they are chronological to form a coherent whole. Each cycle (and thus planet) introduces new secondary characters, although the central heroes of the story remain constant.
2011 saw the release of a new volume, Survivors , which introduced a new set of characters and take place concurrently with Antares.
The series has been translated into several languages, including Italian, German, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Croatian, Spanish and English.
Aldebaran is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus.
Aldebaran may also refer to:
- Aldebaran Rock, conspicuous nunatak of bright red rock, located near the head of Bertram Glacier, Antarctica
- Aldebaran (rocket), airborne micro launcher
- USS Aldebaran (AF-10), a United States navy ship
- Aldebaran (comics), a Franco-Belgian science-fiction comic book series by Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira
- Aldebaran Robotics
- Aldebaranium, alternative name for the element Ytterbium
- Aldeberan, a 1977 song by the Canadian band FM
- Aldebaran, a theme by Irish new age musician Enya from her self-titled debut album
- Aldebaran, a city within the game Ragnarok Online
- Aldebaran Robotics, makers of the Nao robot
- Taurus Aldebaran, a character of the Saint Seiya manga/anime
Aldebaran is a proposed air-launched microsatellite launch vehicle testbed studied by CDTI, CNES and DLR for a future launcher capable of lifting up to into Low Earth Orbit.
Aldebaran is a 1935 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Evi Maltagliati and Gianfranco Giachetti. The film was a naval melodrama, an attempt by Blasetti to make a more commercial film following the difficulties encountered with the propagandist The Old Guard (1934).
Usage examples of "aldebaran".
Aldebaran III, a bitter place until Earth weather technicians and Earth civil engineers had carved a foothold for hungry Earthmen to find homes.
Sun Year 81 With two remaining cruisers, Capella and Aldebaran, Kwan reaches the small halo iceball he names Janoort.
Quin might have been born on Halo Station if the old Aldebaran had been a faster ship, but he had come prematurely while they were still in space, six months out from Cotopaxi High and weeks before they found Janoort.
Before the Aldebaran took off, she let Kerry and him come aboard to see her cabin.
Her mother bent to tell her the station was going to be an exciting new home, but she stood sobbing, watching until the last crewman had gone aboard and the valves had clanged shut and the Aldebaran was gone.
Two years had gone and he was nine before the Aldebaran got back with letters from her.
The relief ship arrived at last, still the old Aldebaran, Captain Tetsu Jensai now in command.
The Aldebaran was there two weeks, unloading cargo and taking on reaction mass.
The next arrival of the old Aldebaran was delayed again, this time by an engine failure in space.
Looking out, he could see the lights around the Aldebaran, still taking on reaction mass.
She had three times the acceleration of the old Aldebaran, her flight time only four months.
I was born on the Aldebaran, three weeks before she got to Halo Station.
In his childhood what fascination there had been in the words macaroon, and Spaniard, and Carinola, and Aldebaran, and Mr.
Arcturus, or Aldebaran, or whatever the blazing luminary may have been, with all his revolving worlds, sailed uncared-for down the firmament.
The heavens declare the glory of the Oriental astronomers, as Algorab and Aldebaran repeat their Arabic names to the students of the starry firmament.