An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Methuselah star
  ستاره‌ی ِ متوشالح  
setâre-ye Matušâleh
Fr.: étoile Mathusalem  

→ HD 140283.

See also: Name given to → HD 140283 by the popular press due to its very old age. Methuselah is a biblical patriarch supposed to have lived
969 years (Genesis 5:21-27). The name Methuselah, or the phrase “old as Methuselah,” is commonly used to refer to any living thing reaching great age.