Draugr

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure. Norse
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A planet in Lich star system, Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo constellation; One of the pair of planets that were the first exoplanets which were discovered. A planet in orbit of the pulsar Lich (PSR B1257+12)

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psr b1257+12 apsr b1257+12 b

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"Lich is a pulsar located approximately 2,300 light-years from the Sun, in the constellation of Virgo, which has three planets orbiting around it: Draugr, Poltergeist and Phobetor."

Etymology

From draugr, the supernatural entity. From orbiting a neutron star, a "dead" star, a star that no longer contains a fusion core, but which is radiating away its stored energy.

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