Meaning of wandering star | Babel Free

Definitions

A star which seems to move in the sky; a planet.

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“Might it not be possible, that this wandering star would pass⟳ by the sun and reappear in the east?”

“[...] Or warring with the spirits who may dare Dispute with him Who made all empire, empire; or recalling Some wandering star, which shoots through the abyss Whose tenants dying, while their world is falling Share⟳ the dim destiny of clay in this.”

“The word planet is an old Greek word meaning "wandering star" (planets wander⟳, Fixed Stars do not) — so either term is correct⟳, although modern popular usage is planet. I like⟳ star. Especially "wandering star." ]”

“In ancient times, a fixed star was so named to distinguish it from a wandering star or planet.”

“Now he turned his flight, a prayer short of light-speed, towards the wandering star. Jedden had long ago abolished fear. Yet he experienced a strange psychosomatic sensation in that part of the splinter ship that corresponded to his testicles.”

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