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PSR B1620–26 b, MethuselahNicknamed Methuselah, PSR B1620–26 b resides in the constellation Scorpio. At 12.7 billion years old, this exoplanet is one of the oldest known. Nearby in the same constellation is Mu Scorpii. Called Xamidimûra, the Eyes of the Lion, by the Khoekhoen, this eclipsing binary star system appears in several sub-Saharan African folklore stories. For the |Xam Bushmen of South Africa, celestial bodies were once people, as exemplified in the nearby constellation Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. The |Xam tell a story of a bewitched girl who looks upon a group of men eating together one evening, later turning them into these stars. MediumWatercolor on Paper ArtistEva Bod ’20 Curated ResourcesPSR B1620–26 b, Exoplanet Catalog, Exoplanet Exploration, NASA PSR B1620–26 b, Eyes on Exoplanets, Exoplanet Exploration, NASA “Your Guide to Exoplanets,” The Planetary Society “The Different Kind of Exoplanets You Meet in the Milky Way,” The Planetary Society “How to Search for Exoplanets”, The Planetary Society “What Is the Habitable Zone?,” The Planetary Society Clive Ruggles, Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, 2015 Springer Press Historical and Cultural Astronomy Series, 2016-present Journal of Astronomy in Culture, 2016-present International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture |
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