Tarandus vel Rangifer
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Tarandus vel Rangifer or Tarandus or Rangifer (the Reindeer) was a small constellation located between the constellations of Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis. It was created by the French astronomer Pierre Charles Lemonnier in 1736 to commemorate the expedition of Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Lapland. Geodetical observations from the expedition proved Earth's oblateness. The constellation is no longer in use.
[edit] External links
- http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Astronomy_Facts/obsolete_pages/tarandus.htm
- http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/rangifer.htm
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| Antinous • Apis • Argo Navis • Cerberus • Custos Messium • Felis • Frederici Honores • Gallus • Globus Aerostaticus • Jordanus • Lochium Funis • Machina Electrica • Malus • Mons Maenalus • Musca Borealis • Noctua • Officina Typographica • Polophylax • Psalterium Georgii • Quadrans Muralis • Ramus Pomifer • Robur Carolinum • Sceptrum Brandenburgicum • Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae • Solarium • Tarandus vel Rangifer • Taurus Poniatovii • Telescopium Herschelii • Testudo • Tigris • Triangulum Minor • Turdus Solitarius • Vespa |
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