procyon

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1. procyon - Noun

2. Procyon - Proper noun

Meaning

A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.

A genus of mammals including the raccoon.

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A more reasonable approach might be to abandon Procyon as a bad bet all round and look for a similar system whose history is not quite as apocalyptic. Source: Internet

Extensive observations of Procyon were carried out with the Copernicus and TD-1A satellites in the late 1970s. Source: Internet

For reasons that remain unclear, the mass of Procyon B is unusually low for a white dwarf star of its type. Source: Internet

Procyon and Gomeisa were called MASH. Source: Internet

Procyon orbit White dwarf companion Like Sirius B, Procyon's companion is a white dwarf that was inferred from astrometric data long before it was observed. Source: Internet

Sirius served as the body of a "Great Bird" constellation called Manu, with Canopus as the southern wingtip and Procyon the northern wingtip, which divided the Polynesian night sky into two hemispheres. Source: Internet

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