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Methuselah

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Etymology

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From Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (M'tušelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (M'tušalaḥ). The planet's name stems from the fact that, at the time of its discovery in 2003, it was the oldest known planet.

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Methuselah

  1. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
  2. (astronomy) A planet in PSR B1620-26 star system, Messier 4 globular cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Scorpius constellation; a circumbinary planet, officially named PSR B1620-26 b, orbiting a pulsar (PSR B1620-26 A) and white dwarf (WD B1620-26 B).
    Synonyms: Planet Methuselah, Methuselah Planet, Genesis, Planet Genesis, Genesis Planet

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Noun

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Methuselah (plural Methuselahs)

  1. (by extension) Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.
  2. Alternative spelling of methuselah (large wine bottle).

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