OT: Word of the day -- selenelion

[Mark Kaminsky]

Hi Ken,
Great word!  I, too, only got the "moon" part "selen...".  Another spelling for this phenomenon is selenhelion - which gives you both parts (Helios being the Greek sun god).  BTW, Helios is cognate with sol-  (as in solar), in the same way (Indo-European initial s- > Greek initial h-) as hemi-/semi-, hex-/sex-, and hept-/sept- (all then appropriated by English from Greek and Latin).
-- Mark Kaminsky 

     On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 7:27 PM, "filepro-list-request at lists.celestial.com" <filepro-list-request at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
  
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:11:39 -0400
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I wonder if anyone on this list knows the meaning of "selenelion" (without 
looking it up first, of course).  JP?

http://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium/blog/see-a-selenelion-at-october-s-lunar-eclipse

-- 
Kenneth Brody


   
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