Coma Berenices

[ koh-muh ber-uh-nahy-seez ]

noun

, Astronomy.

, genitive Co·mae Ber·e·ni·ces [koh, -mee ber-, uh, -, nahy, -seez].

1. Berenice's Hair, a northern constellation situated north of Virgo and between Boötes and Leo.

Coma Berenices

/ ˈkəʊmə ˌbɛrɪˈnaɪsiːz /

noun

1. a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years

Word History and Origins

Origin of Coma Berenices¹

From Latin

Word History and Origins

Origin of Coma Berenices¹

from Latin, literally: Berenice's hair, named after Berenice (died 221 bc ), consort of Ptolemy III

Example Sentences

A constellation (Coma Berenices) named in honor of one who sacrificed her hair to save her husband.

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Coma Berenices (map No. 6) includes several interesting objects.

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Coma Berenices has fewer stars, but they are of a larger class than those which compose the Pleiades.

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The name Coma Berenices, applied to a constellation, commemorates this incident.

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His Coma Berenices is only known from the celebrated imitation of Catullus.

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