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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Orion used when naming stars, such as α Orionis.
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Le Bouquin et al. Click for more information on Theta1 Orionis C!
Archive 2009-02-25 Nicole 2009
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Le Bouquin et al. Click for more information on Theta1 Orionis C!
First Stellar Images Nicole 2009
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It took fifteen jumps, and over two months, to reach the intended target, Zeta Orionis, a rare Type O, blue supergiant.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Iota Orionis became a new binary system, but two ‘‘runaways’’ left the scene of the accident at a speed of 200 kilometers per second.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: February 5-7, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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Find the area easily by aiming binoculars about halfway between Alpha Orionis and Gamma Geminorum RA 06 13 42 Dec +12 48 06.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 5-7, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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What we know so far about FU Orionis-type stars is they flare with abrupt mass transfer from an accretion disc onto a young, low mass T Tauri-type star.
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I, Algrica Ponti of Orionis, present my credentials.
Archive 2006-08-27 Miss Snark 2006
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Orionis, that out present camp near Bugabadà was in latitude 31°
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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No one has ever proved that it was a sunkiller bomb that made sigma-1014 Orionis go nova, but the destruction of the hearthworld of the Inshai Compact planets certainly suited the expansionist aims of their old enemies in trade, the "nonaligned" planets of the southern Orion Congeries.
The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000
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No one has ever proved that it was a sunkiller bomb that made sigma-1014 Orionis go nova, but the destruction of the hearthworld of the Inshai Compact planets certainly suited the expansionist aims of their old enemies in trade, the “nonaligned” planets of the southern Orion Congeries.
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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