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球状星団 (kyuujouseidan) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

球きゅう状じょう星せい団だん

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Meanings

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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に分ぶん布

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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).