Aleksej Serdjukov wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>> That's the same way that naut is used in the English language. Also
 RW>> in English, astro- means 'outer space' not specifically
 RW>> 'stars'...the study of the stars is called astrology, while the
 RW>> study of astrometry is of a celestial body, such as Mars or the Sun.

 AS> French "astre" and Spanish and Italian "astro" roughly mean
 AS> "astronomical object" or "celestial object" (with differences like
 AS> visibility, according to Wikipedia).

In astronomy, 'astre fictif' means any of several fictitious stars assumed
to move along the celestial (Earth's) equator at uniform rates. i.e. a
satelite.


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