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Aries (Ram, Ari) | ||||
subject | fact |
Aries | is a part of Zodiac | |
has historical image | ||
has genitive Arietis | ||
has synonym Ram | ||
has historical origin the ram sent by Hermes to carry the abused children of the King of Thessaly to safety | ||
has acronym Ari | ||
is an instance of zodiacal constellation | ||
zodiacal constellation | has historical purpose to approximately represent the month in which the Sun occupies this constellation | |
is a part of Zodiac | ||
constellation | has boundary defined in equatorial coordinates | |
is a part of celestial sphere | ||
has component asterism | ||
has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions | ||
equatorial sky area | is defined using equatorial coordinates | |
quantity | has unit | |
number | has value |
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