Wiktionary

♁

Globus cruciger (fixed width).svg
♁ U+2641, ♁
EARTH
← ♀
[U+2640] 		Miscellaneous Symbols ♂ →
[U+2642]

TranslingualEdit

EtymologyEdit

(1, 2): A globus cruciger (the globe surmounted by a Christian cross), representing God's or the Church's rule over the world

SymbolEdit

♁

  1. (astronomy) the Earth
  2. (Christianity) the world
  3. (alchemy) antimony (archaic)
  4. (astrology) the hypothetical planet Proserpina, which one Polish school of astrology identifies as the dwarf planet Eris

SynonymsEdit

  • (astronomy, Christianity): 🜨
  • (astrology): ⯰, ⯱

Derived termsEdit

  1. M♁ Earth mass (as a unit of measurement)[1]
  2. R♁ Earth radius

Usage notesEdit

In contemporary astronomy, ♁ is particularly common in German-language sources. 🜨 is the usual symbol in English-language sources, but ♁ also occurs.[2]

See alsoEdit

Related termsEdit

Planetary symbols
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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ E.g. A. G. G. M. Tielens (2021) Molecular Astrophysics, CUP, p. 10;
    Boblest, Müller & Wunner (2015) Spezielle und allgemeine Relativitätstheorie, p. 19.
  2. ^ E.g. Beutler, Mervart & Verdun (2006) Methods of Celestial Mechanics, volume II: Application to Planetary System, Geodynamics and Satellite Geodesy
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