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Overview: Libra (pronouced lye' bruh) is the 29th most volumous constellation in the night sky with an area of 538 square degrees. The name of Libra means Scales.
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The modern Libra is the youngest of the Zodiac signs and the only one not to represent a ... Astronomy and Astrophysics. http://obswww.unige.ch/~udry/Gl581_preprint.pdf.
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Libra (astronomy) (Latin for “balance”), a southern constellation, represented by a pair of scales. Libra is a zodiacal constellation—that is, a constellation located along the ecliptic, the apparent annual path of the sun across the sky (see Zodiac). The brightest star in the constellation is a double star called Zubenegenubi or Kiffa Australis.

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