Gomez's Hamburger

English

Gomez’s Hamburger as photographed by Hubble: optical data augmented with NICMOS infrared data for the protoplanetary disk

Etymology

Named for its discoverer, Chilean astronomer and astrophotographer Arturo Gómez, and for its resemblance to a hamburger (its protoplanetary disk the dark “burger” and the far sparser starlight-illuminated dust on either side the light “buns”) when viewed edge-on from Earth.

Proper noun

Gomez’s Hamburger

1. (astronomy) A young A0III-type star with an apparent magnitude of +14.4 in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of 250 ±50 parsecs from Earth.

   Synonym: IRAS 18059-3211

Translations

A0III-type star (V +14.4) in Sagittarius, 250 ±50 pc from Earth

• Catalan: Hamburguesa de Gómez f
• Dutch: Gomez’s Hamburgernevel m
• French: Hamburger de Gomez m
• German: Gomez’s Hamburger m
• Italian: Hamburger di Gomez m
• Japanese: ゴメスのハンバーガー (Gomezu no hanbāgā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gomez’ hamburger m

  Nynorsk: Hamburgaren til Gomez m

• Polish: Hamburger Gomeza m inan
• Portuguese: Hambúrguer do Gomez m
• Russian: Га́мбургер Го́меса m inan (Gámburger Gómesa)
• Slovene: Gomezov hamburger m inan
• Spanish: Hamburguesa de Gómez f
• Ukrainian: Га́мбургер Го́меса m inan (Hámburher Hómesa)

See also

• Dracula’s Chivito

Further reading

• Gomez’s Hamburger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Proper noun

Gomez’s Hamburger m

1. (astronomy) Gomez’s Hamburger

   Synonym: IRAS 18059-3211

Further reading

• Gomez’s Hamburger on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de