Eridanus
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Rivers

  • Eridanos (mythology)
    Eridanos (mythology)
    The river Eridanos or Eridanus is a river mentioned in Greek mythology. Virgil considered it one of the rivers of Hades in his Aeneid VI, 659.-Ancient references:...

     (or Eridanus), a river in Greek mythology, somewhere in Central Europe, which was territory that Ancient Greeks knew only vaguely
  • The Po River
    Po River
    The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face...

    , according to Roman word usage
  • Eridanos (Athens)
    Eridanos (Athens)
    Eridanos was the small stream that flowed from a source in the foothills of the Lykabettos, through the Agora of ancient Athens in Greece to the archaeological site of the Kerameikos, where its bed is still visible...

    , a former river near Athens
  • Eridanos (geology), a large river that flowed between forty million and seven hundred thousand years ago from Lapland to the North Sea through where the Baltic Sea is now

Astronomy

  • Eridanus (constellation)
    Eridanus (constellation)
    Eridanus is a constellation. It is represented as a river; its name is the Ancient Greek name for the Po River. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It is the sixth largest of the modern...

    , a southern constellation
  • Eridanus cluster
    Eridanus Cluster
    The center of the Eridanus Cluster is roughly 85 million light years from Earth, and contains about 73 main galaxies. It is located in the constellation Eridanus near the Fornax cluster, and is sometimes called the "Fornax II cluster."-Table of galaxies:...

     of galaxies in the constellation Eridanus
  • List of stars in Eridanus
  • Delta Eridani
    Delta Eridani
    Delta Eridani is a 3.54 magnitude star in the constellation of Eridanus. It is also called Rana. The name Rana means "the frog" in Latin...

    , a star
  • Eta Eridani
    Eta Eridani
    Eta Eridani is a star in the constellation Eridanus. It has the traditional name Azha . The word Azha is a corruption of Persian آشيانه āšiyāne The nest...

    , a star
  • Gamma Eridani
    Gamma Eridani
    Gamma Eridani is a star in the constellation Eridanus. It has the traditional name Zaurak, which means "the boat."In Chinese, , meaning Celestial Meadows, refers to an asterism consisting of γ Eridani, δ Eridani, π Eridani, ε Eridani, ζ Eridani , η Eridani, π Ceti, τ1 Eridani, τ2 Eridani, τ3...

    , a star
  • Eridanus Supervoid

Miscellaneous

  • Eridan
    Eridan
    The Eridan is a two-stage French sounding rocket, which resulted from the use of the Stromboli engine of the Dragon and/or Dauphin as first and second stage. It belonged thereby to a family of solid-propellant rockets from the Belier, the Centaure, to the Dragon, which existed Dauphin and the Eridan...

    , a French rocket
  • Eridanosaurus
    Eridanosaurus
    Eridanosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur....

    , a dinosaur
  • USS Eridanus (AK-92)
    USS Eridanus (AK-92)
    USS Eridanus was an Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II, named after the constellation Eridanus. She was responsible for delivering goods and equipment to locations in the war zone....

    , a ship
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