epsilon aurigae

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   the largest known star

   Broaderbinary star

   Part ofAuriga

Questions about epsilon aurigae

What does epsilon aurigae mean?

epsilon aurigae means "the largest known star".

Is epsilon aurigae a common word?

epsilon aurigae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.