An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Cartwheel Galaxy
  کهکشان ِ چرخ ِ ارابه  
kahkašân-e carx-e arrâbé
Fr.: galaxie de la roue de charette  

A galaxy with a striking ring-like feature lying about 400 million → light-years away in the → constellation  → Sculptor. The ring-like structure, over 100,000 light-years in diameter, is composed of regions of → star formation filled with very bright, → massive stars. The shape results from collision with another smaller galaxy.

Etymology (EN): Cartwheel, from cart from O.N. kartr;
→ wheel; → galaxy.

Etymology (PE): Kahkašân, → galaxy. Carx-e arrâbé “cartwheel,” from carx, → wheel

  • arrâbé “cart, chariot,” maybe related to Mid.Pers. ras, ray “wheel,” O.Pers./Av. raθa- “wheel,” Khotanese rrha- “car,” Skt. ratha- “wheel,” L. rota “wheel,” PIE base *rotos “wheel.”