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ZANIAH (Eta Virginis). An old term -- before we understood that stars do move -- referred to the "fixed stars," the phrase really meant to distinguish real stars from the "wandering stars," the planets.
Main named stars in Virgo: (Greek alphabet)
Auva (δ Vir), Heze (ζ Vir), Porrima (γ Vir), Rijl al Awwa (μ Vir), Spica (α Vir), Syrma (ι Vir), Vindemiatrix (ε Vir), Zaniah (η Vir), Zavijah (β Vir).
For more information about the stars and objects in this constellation and an illustration, go to Christine Kronberg's Virgo. For another illustration, see David Haworth's Virgo, where Vindemiatrix (Epsilon Virginis) is mislabelled as Zaniah (Eta ...
 See also: Dwarf, Virgo, Orbit, Astronomical Unit, Distance
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