fixed star

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Originally so named as to distinguish the stars that appear to have a fixed position on the firmament from the “wandering stars”, i.e., the planets.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 恆星 /恒星 (héngxīng) — distant star
• Esperanto: fiksa stelo — distant star
• Finnish: kiintotähti — distant star
• Galician: estrela fixa — distant star
• German: Fixstern — distant star
• German: Standstern — distant star
• Greek: απλανής αστέρας (aplanís astéras) — distant star
• Ancient Greek: ἀστὴρ ἀπλανής (astḕr aplanḗs) — distant star
• Hebrew: כּוֹכַב שֶׁבֶת (kocháv shévet) — distant star
• Icelandic: fastastjarna — distant star
• Icelandic: sólstjarna — distant star
• Indonesian: bintang tetap — distant star
• Indonesian: sabitah — distant star
• Irish: réalta sheasta — distant star
• Japanese: 恒星 (kōsē) — distant star
• Korean: 항성 (hangseong) — distant star
• Latin: stella fixa — distant star
• Persian: بیابانی (bîyâbânî) — distant star
• Persian: ایستاده (istâde) — distant star
• Polish: gwiazda stała — distant star
• Russian: неподви́жная звезда́ (nepodvížnaja zvezdá) — distant star
• Spanish: estrella fija — distant star
• Swedish: fixstjärna — distant star
• Vietnamese: hằng tinh — distant star