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messier
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in reference to a catalogue of about 100 nebulae, star clusters and galaxies begun in 1758 by French astronomer and comet-hunter Charles Messier (1730-1817), who found his telescopic searches deceived by fuzzy objects that resembled distant comets but turned out to be fixed.\n\nWhat caused me to undertake the catalog was the nebula I discovered above the southern horn of Taurus on September 12, 1758, whilst observing the comet of that year. This nebula had such a resemblance to a comet in its form and brightness that I endeavored to find others, so that astronomers would no more confuse these same nebulae with comets just beginning to appear.
[Messier, 1800]
\nThe first version of the catalogue was published 1771, and the fuller version in 1781.Wiktionary
a. (en-comparativemessy)
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Messier may refer to:
Messier is a relatively young lunar impact crater located on the Mare Fecunditatis. The crater has a discernible oblong shape that is not caused by foreshortening. The longer dimension is oriented in an east–west direction.
Just to the west lies Messier A, a similar-sized crater with an oblong, doublet form. The longer dimension of this crater is oriented north–south, at right angles to Messier. This crater also has a curved bulge extending to the west. Messier and Messier A were photographed at high resolution by NASA's Lunar Orbiter V spacecraft In August 1967. The Lunar Orbiter V_041 image is archived at the Lunar and Planetary Institute website. The Lunar Orbiter V partial image shown here is derived from the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project effort to reprocess these images from the original tapes.
The interiors of Messier and Messier A have a higher albedo than the surrounding mare. There is also a dark streak in the center of each crater. Two prominent, nearly linear rays extend westwards from the rim of Messier A, continuing over 100 kilometers towards the west edge of Mare Fecunditatis. The mare surface around the craters is also lightly marked by rays from other craters.
It is theorized that Messier crater was formed by an impact at a very low angle, and that Messier A could have formed following a rebound by the impacting body. The low angle of impact may also explain the asymmetrical ray system.
To the northwest of Messier A is a long, narrow rille, called Rima Messier.
This crater is named in honor of the French astronomer Charles Messier (1730–1817).
Messier was a French automobile manufacturer, based at Montrouge, on the southern edge of Paris, from 1925 till 1931.
Usage examples of "messier".
L’astronomo francese Charles Messier, quarant’anni dopo, pubblicò un elenco di oggetti nebulosi, e la chiazza del Toro era la prima in lista.
La storia di questa asimmetria cominciò con un astronomo francese, Charles Messier (1730-1817), che si specializzò nello studio delle comete.
He nodded to Messier and added, "Next to the Germans perhaps, the Russians enjoy the worst reputation in this part of the world.
By the nature of things, a coup d'etat is a messier business than a straightforward battle in the open field.
As good-looking as you are, girl, you'll be bearing our first child within a year—and that'll be a lot messier than a little ink.
At his death, another—even messier, even bloodier—civil war convulsed the Roman world for fifteen years.
A dedicated comet hunter, Charles Messier, annoyed at constant confusion of hazy patches (uninteresting) with comets (highly desirable) plotted out their locations so as not to be bothered by them.
It can't get any messier inside, and I don't want to be out here when the next shipment arrives.