Encyclopedia > Pyxis

  Article Content

Pyxis

Pyxis (the compass) is a minor southern constellation introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille under the name Pyxis Nautica. It is perhaps supposed to represent the compass of Argo Navis, though the Argo could hardly have had a compass, as the ancient Greeks are not believed to have used compasses for navigation.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Islip Terrace, New York

...     Contents Islip Terrace, New York Islip Terrace is a town located in Suffolk County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 28.5 ms