Eridanus
The name “Eridanus” can refer to:
Rivers
- Eridanos (mythology) (or Eridanus), a river in Greek mythology, somewhere in Central Europe, which was territory that Ancient Greeks knew only vaguely
- The Po River, according to Roman word usage
- Eridanos (Athens), a former river near Athens
- Eridanos (geology), a large river that flowed between forty million and seven hundred thousand years ago from Lapland to the North Sea through where the Baltic Sea is now
Astronomy
- Eridanus (constellation), a southern constellation
- Eridanus cluster of galaxies in the constellation Eridanus
- List of stars in Eridanus
- Delta Eridani, a star
- Eta Eridani, a star
- Gamma Eridani, a star
- Eridanus Supervoid
Miscellaneous
- Eridan, a French rocket
- Eridanosaurus, a rhinocerotid originally described as a crocodilian.
- USS Eridanus (AK-92), a ship
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