Pleiades - Search Results - MSN Encarta

*	Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers. Join Now

Searched for 'Pleiades'

Encarta Answers

Pleiades:

In astronomy, loose cluster of 400 to 500 stars, about 415 light-years from the solar system in the direction of the constellation Taurus.

More about Pleiades | Source

About Encarta Answers

Pleiades (astronomy)

Pleiades (astronomy) (John Sanford and David Parker/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Pleiades (astronomy), in astronomy, loose cluster of 400 to 500 stars, about 415 light-years from the solar system in the direction of the...

Pleiades (mythology)

Pleiades (mythology) (John Sanford and David Parker/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Pleiades (mythology), in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and of Pleione, the daughter of Oceanus. Their names were Electra, Maia, Taygete,...

Maia, in Greek mythology, the eldest of the seven Pleiades, the children of Atlas and Pleione. A lover of Zeus, ruler of the Olympian gods, Maia...

Pleiades (John Chumack/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Pleiades (astronomy): picture, Pleiades (John Chumack/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Pleiades (astronomy): picture, Pleiades

- 7 daughters of Atlas: in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione who were pursued by Orion and were turned into a constellation to escape him
- cluster of stars: a cluster of more than 300 stars in the constellation Taurus, several of which are blue-white giants visible to the naked...

Map of Pleiades Hills

	Advertisement Windows Live® Search Results Pleiades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Pleiades (pronounced /ˈpliːədiːz/ or /ˈplaɪədiːz/), also known as M 45, the Seven Sisters, Seven Stars, SED, Matariki (New Zealand), or Subaru (Japan), is an open ... Pleiades (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Pleiades (/ˈplaɪədiːz/, also /ˈpliːədiːz/), (in Greek, Πλειάδες /pleiˈades/, Modern /pliˈaðes/), companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan ... Pleiades Consulting Incorporated Originally founded to develop and market learning management software, Pleiades now provides a complete learning organization solution. Pleiades leads a group of subsidiary and ... See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

© 2008 Bell Inc., Microsoft Corporation and their contributors. All rights reserved.