Today, Sirius is nicknamed the "Dog Star" because it is part of the constellationCanis Major, Latin for "the greater dog." The expression "dog days" refers to the period from July 3 through Aug. 11, when Sirius rises in conjunction with the sun,Space.com previously reported. The ancients...
dog days(n.) "period of dry, hot weather at the height of summer," 1530s, from Latindies caniculares, the idea, though not the phrase, from Greek; so called because they occur around the time of the heliacal rising ofSirius, the Dog Star (kyōn seirios). Noted as the hottest and ...
Sirius is also known colloquially as the "Dog Star", reflecting its prominence in its constellation, Canis Major (Big Dog). The heliacal rising of Sirius marked the flooding of the Nile in Ancient Egypt and the "dog days" of summer for the ancient Greeks, while to the Polynesians it mark...
: "The star of the waning summer [Seirios (Sirius) the Dog-Star] who beyond all stars rises bathed in Okeanos (Oceanus, the Ocean-Stream) to glitter with brilliance."Homer, Iliad 22. 26 ff : "That star [Seirios (Sirius) the Dog-Star] which comes on in the autumn and whose ...
And even when the Star of Kneph has brought the summer round, And the Nile rises fast and full along the thirsty ground; for the Egyptians always attributed to the Dog-star the beneficial influence of the inundation that began at the summer solstice; indeed, some have said that the Aethio...
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For anEarth-likeworld that has liquidwateron it to exist around Sirius, it would need to be around 4.6 AUs away, equivalent to the distance ofJupiterfrom the Sun, with an orbital period of 6.8 years. However, due to the close orbit of Sirius B, it would be difficult for a planet to...
Although the egg masses of Siphonaria sirius are commonly found in lower intertidal rocky shores in summer, there is a lack of information on their embryonic development. We examined the embryonic development and duration of S. sirius both in the laboratory and in the field. The study was ...
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