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a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega
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Lyra (the lyre) is a small, bright constellation in the northern hemisphere. The brightest star in Lyra is Vega (meaning "falling eagle") which has a white-pale blue color and is the fifth brightest star in the sky. LYSITHEA Lysithea is Jupiter's eleventh moon. Lysithea is 15 miles (24 km) in diameter and orbits 7,200,000 miles (11,720,000 km) from Jupiter. Lysithea has a mass of 8 x 10 16 kg. It orbits Jupiter in 259.22 (Earth) days. Very little is known about Lysithea. ...
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Commissural fibers between the diverging crura of the splenium, supposed to resemble the strings of that instrument.
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A stringed musical instrument having a yoke (a crossbar and 2 arms); a lyre. It was made of wood or metal and could have a sound box made out of a turtle shell.
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three stringed bowed instrument with a bowl back carved from the solid. Popular in Greece and the balkans. Similar to mediaeval western European Rebec.
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