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球状星団 (きゅうじょうせいだん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

球きゅう状じょう星せい団だん

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Meanings

1

globular cluster

Technical term in astronomy for a spherical collection of stars orbiting a galactic core.

球きゅう状じょう星せい団だんは銀ぎん河がの周まわり

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分ぶん

布ぷ

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て

いる

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Globular clusters are distributed around the galaxy.

Kanji

球ball, sphere
状status quo, conditions, circumstances
星star, spot, dot
団group, association

Related words

散さん開かい星せい団だん
An open cluster, which is a looser, less dense grouping of stars compared to a globular cluster.

Built from

球きゅう状じょう+星せい団だん

Etymology

Compound of 球状 (spherical) + 星団 (star cluster).