planetary nebula

English

Etymology

Coined by William Herschel because of their apparent resemblance to the planet Uranus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

planetary nebula (plural planetary nebulas or planetary nebulae)

1. (astronomy) A nebulosity surrounding a dying red giant, consisting of material expelled by the star.

Synonyms

• PN (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• preplanetary nebula
• protoplanetary nebula
• planetary nebula nucleus

Translations

nebulosity

• Arabic: سَدِيم كَوْكَبِيّ (sadīm kawkabiyy)
• Armenian: մոլորակաձև միգամածություն (molorakajew migamacutʻyun)
• Bengali: গ্রহ নীহারিকা (groho niharika)
• Bulgarian: планетарна мъглявина f (planetarna mǎgljavina)
• Catalan: nebulosa planetària f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行星狀星雲／行星状星云 (xíngxīng zhuàng xīngyún)

• Czech: planetární mlhovina f
• Danish: planetarisk tåge c
• Dutch: planetaire nevel (nl)
• Esperanto: planeduma nebulozo
• Finnish: planetaarinen sumu (fi)
• French: nébuleuse planétaire (fr) f
• Georgian: პლანეტური ნისლეული (ṗlaneṭuri nisleuli)
• German: planetarischer Nebel m
• Greek: πλανητικό νεφέλωμα (planitikó neféloma)
• Hebrew: ערפילית פלנטרית f
• Hindi: ग्रहीय नीहारिका (grahīya nīhārikā)
• Hungarian: planetáris köd
• Irish: réaltnéal pláinéadach m
• Italian: nebulosa planetaria f
• Japanese: 惑星状星雲 (わくせいじょうせいうん, wakuseijōseiun)
• Korean: 행성상 성운 (haengseongsang seong'un)
• Latvian: planetārais miglājs
• Lithuanian: planetiškasis ūkas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: planetarisk tåke

  Nynorsk: planetarisk tåke

• Persian: سحابی سیاره‌نما (fa)
• Polish: mgławica planetarna m
• Portuguese: nebulosa planetária f
• Romanian: nebuloasă planetară f
• Russian: планета́рная тума́нность (ru) f (planetárnaja tumánnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: planetarna maglica, planetarna maglina
• Slovak: planetárna hmlovina f
• Slovene: planetárna meglíca f, planétna meglíca f
• Spanish: nebulosa planetaria f
• Swedish: planetarisk nebulosa
• Turkish: gezegenimsi bulutsu
• Ukrainian: планета́рна тума́нність f (planetárna tumánnistʹ)

See also

• plerion
• nova remnant
• supernova remnant