fixed star

English

Etymology

Originally so named as to distinguish the stars that appear to have a fixed position on the firmament from the “wandering stars”, i.e., the planets.

Noun

fixed star (plural fixed stars)

1. (astronomy) A star whose movement cannot be seen from Earth.

Usage notes

• Used historically to differentiate stars from planets, comets, asteroids, meteors, and novae.

Translations

distant star

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恆星／恒星 (zh) (héngxīng)

• Esperanto: fiksa stelo
• Finnish: kiintotähti (fi)
• German: Fixstern (de) m, Standstern m
• Greek: απλανής αστέρας m (aplanís astéras)

  Ancient: ἀστὴρ ἀπλανής m (astḕr aplanḗs)

• Hebrew: כּוֹכַב שֶׁבֶת (he) m (kocháv shévet)
• Icelandic: fastastjarna (is) f, sólstjarna (is) f
• Irish: réalta sheasta f
• Japanese: 恒星 (ja) (kōsē)
• Korean: 항성 (ko) (hangseong)
• Latin: stella fixa
• Persian: بیابانی (fa) (bîyâbânî), ایستاده (fa) (istâde)
• Russian: неподви́жная звезда́ f (nepodvížnaja zvezdá)
• Spanish: estrella fija f
• Swedish: fixstjärna (sv) c

See also

• faxed star