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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