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Fixed star

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A star whose movement cannot be seen from Earth.
  2. 2
    any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion wordnet

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.

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