Sedna

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English

Sedna's planetary symbol
Orbit of Sedna (red) compared to those of outer Solar System objects (Pluto's in purple)
Artist's impression of Sedna.

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut Sitna.

The dwarf planet is named after the goddess.

Proper noun

Sedna

  1. (mythology, Inuit mythology) The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
    • 2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other Stories (2023), page 87:
      Sedna began to enjoy keeping all the sea creatures away from the humans by tucking them into her now miles-long hair.
  2. (astronomy) 90377 Sedna, a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt.
    • 2007, C. Murray, David Brodie, Ice, Rock, and Beauty: A Visual Tour of the New Solar System, page 32:
      Scattered beyond the Kuiper Belt is a disk of objects such as Eris and Sedna.
    • 2009, Alan Boyle, The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference, page 106:
      Brown clicked on a button to have the computer calculate just how far away the object was, and came up with a distance farther than Pluto, even farther than Sedna: about 97 AU. Then he ran some quick calculations to estimate how big the object was, assuming that it was as reflective as Sedna.
    • 2010, Rodney S. Gomes, Jean S. Soares, Sedna, 2004 VN112 and 2000 CR105: the tip of an iceberg, Julio A. Fernández, Daniela Lazzaro, Dina Prialnik, Rita Schulz (editors), Icy Bodies of the Solar System: Proceedings of the 263rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union (IAU S263), page 67,
      We review two main scenarios that may have implanted Sedna, 2004 VN112 and 2000 CR105 on their current peculiar orbits.
  3. (astronomy) Sedna Planitia, a plain on Venus.

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References

  1. ^ Slyuta, E. N.; Kreslavsky, M. A. (1990). Intermediate (20–100 KM) Sized Volcanic Edifices on Venus. Lunar and planetary science XXI. Lunar and Planetary Institute. p. 1174.

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Anagrams

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English Sedna.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sedna f

  1. (Inuit mythology) Sedna (Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals)
  2. Sedna (trans-Neptunian dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt)

Declension

Further reading

  • Sedna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sedna f

  1. Sedna (Inuit sea goddess)

Proper noun

Sedna

  1. Sedna (trans-Neptunian object)

Tatar

Proper noun

Sedna

  1. Sedna, a large trans-Neptunian object.

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