uranometry

[yoor-uh-nom-i-tree]

u·ra·nom·e·try

[yoor-uh-nom-i-tree]
noun Astronomy.
1.
a chart of the positions of the heavenly bodies on the celestial sphere.
2.
the measurement of the positions of heavenly bodies.

Origin:
1705–15; < Neo-Latin uranometria. See urano-, -metry

u·ra·no·met·ri·cal [yoor-uh-nuh-me-tri-kuhl] , adjective
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Uranometry is always a great word to know.
So is big bang theory. Does it mean:
the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus
a theory that deduces a cataclysmic birth of the universe from the observed expansion of the universe, cosmic background radiation, abundance of the elements, and the laws of physics
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