- Modest Delta Scuti (in Scutum, the Shield), shining only at 5th magnitude (4.71) in a relatively obscure modern constellation best known for its placement in the Milky Way, stands out as the prototype of one of these, the pulsating “Delta Scuti stars,” of which Caph in Cassiopeia is the brightest.
- Miocene (Wikipedia)
The Miocene (/ˈmaɪ.əsiːn, -oʊ-/ MY-ə-seen, -oh-) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about 23.03 to 5.333 million years ago (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words μείων (meíōn, “less”) and καινός (kainós, “new”) and means “less recent” because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene is preceded by the Oligocene and is followed by the Pliocene.