Lyra Comparison Table

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Lyra comparison table

Subject has definition has historical origin has synonym has acronym has boundary is a kind of has genitive is an instance of

constellation Precisely defined area of the celestial sphere, associated with a grouping of stars, that the International Astronomical Union has designated as a constellation. asterism with pictorial or mythical significance defined in equatorial coordinates equatorial sky area which is used when referring to a star in the constellation

Lyra invented by Hermes as a gift to his half-brother Apollo, who gave it to Orpheus, the musician of the Argonauts Lyre Lyr Lyrae constellation

Subject	has definition	has historical origin	has synonym	has acronym	has boundary	is a kind of	has genitive	is an instance of
constellation	Precisely defined area of the celestial sphere, associated with a grouping of stars, that the International Astronomical Union has designated as a constellation.	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance			defined in equatorial coordinates	equatorial sky area	which is used when referring to a star in the constellation
Lyra		invented by Hermes as a gift to his half-brother Apollo, who gave it to Orpheus, the musician of the Argonauts	Lyre	Lyr			Lyrae	constellation

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