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fixed star

Description sometimes applied to a star, especially in emphasizing its difference from a planet (or ‘wandering star’). Though most stars are in rapid motion through space, their great distance from Earth ensures that their relative configurations do not change appreciably over a thousand years.

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008 seconds shorter than the Earth's period of rotation relative to the fixed stars.

Flight of the aliens? ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS by The Daily Mail (London, England)

Whither will wanderers turn distracted eyes For some fixed star to stimulate their pace Towards the goal of their enterprise?

Confessions of a prayer-struck atheist by Case, Spencer / The Humanist

in astronomy, real or apparent movement of a planet, dwarf planet, moon, asteroid, or comet from east to west relative to the fixed stars.

stars by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

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