ARGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Argo mean? 

• ARGO (noun)
  The noun ARGO has 1 sense:

1. formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela

  Familiarity information: ARGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Argo"):

Carina (a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopus)

Puppis (a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat)

Pyxis (a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia)

Vela (a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis)

 Context examples 

As far as New Horizons scientists can tell, Argo’s total length is approximately 430 miles (700 kilometers) long – for comparison, Arizona’s Grand Canyon is 280 miles (450 kilometers) long.

(A ‘Super Grand Canyon’ on Pluto’s Moon Charon, NASA)

The researchers obtained data from the Argo Program—a group of people who together have been taking ocean measurements down to depths of approximately two kilometers.

(Bottom of Pacific Found to Be Getting Colder, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A deep canyon informally named Argo Chasma is seen grazing the limb.

(A ‘Super Grand Canyon’ on Pluto’s Moon Charon, NASA)

Based on this and other images taken around the same time, New Horizons scientists estimate Argo Chasma to be as deep as 5.5 miles (9 kilometers), which is more than five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.

(A ‘Super Grand Canyon’ on Pluto’s Moon Charon, NASA)