Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gomez's hamburger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: gomez's ham-burg-er
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A young A0III-type star with an apparent magnitude of +14.4 in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of 250 ±50 parsecs from Earth.

Etymology

Named for its discoverer, Chilean astronomer and astrophotographer Arturo Gómez, and for its resemblance to a hamburger (its protoplanetary disk the dark “burger” and the far sparser starlight-illuminated dust on either side the light “buns”) when viewed edge-on from Earth.

Phrases

Dracula’s Chivito

Frequently Paired Words

Dracula’s Chivito

Synonyms

IRAS 18059-3211

Questions

What does gomez's hamburger mean?: A young A0III-type star with an apparent magnitude of +14.4 in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of 250 ±50 parsecs from Earth.
Where does gomez's hamburger come from?: Named for its discoverer, Chilean astronomer and astrophotographer Arturo Gómez, and for its resemblance to a hamburger (its protoplanetary disk the dark “burger” and the far sparser starlight-illuminated dust on either side the light “buns”) when viewed edge-on from Earth.

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