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tabby's star

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
tab-by's s-tar
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A star in Cygnus constellation, Milky Way Galaxy. A star that dramatically dimmed in an odd non-repeating pattern, that was suspected to be due to a partial Dyson swarm, indicating a extraterrestrial megastructure construct and thus a sign of intelligent aliens.

Etymology

From Tabetha, from the discovery by Tabetha S. Boyajian and her team, of the unusual variability in brightness of this star.

Synonyms

Boyajian's Star WTF Star

Questions

What does tabby's star mean?
A star in Cygnus constellation, Milky Way Galaxy. A star that dramatically dimmed in an odd non-repeating pattern, that was suspected to be due to a partial Dyson swarm, indicating a extraterrestrial megastructure construct and thus a sign of intelligent aliens.
Where does tabby's star come from?
From Tabetha, from the discovery by Tabetha S. Boyajian and her team, of the unusual variability in brightness of this star.

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