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Methuselah

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Meaning

  1. A planet in the PSR B1620-26 star system, Messier 4 globular cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Scorpius constellation; a circumbinary planet, officially named PSR B1620-26 b, orbiting a pulsar (“PSR B1620-26 A”) and white dwarf (“WD B1620-26 B”).
  2. A large wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.
  3. Alternative spelling of methuselah (“large wine bottle”).
  4. A small pattern that takes many generations to stabilize.
  5. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
  6. Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.

Etymology / origin

From Biblical Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Məṯûšelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (Məṯûšālaḥ). The planet's name stems from the fact that, at the time of its discovery in 2003, it was the oldest known planet.

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