Orus (Crete)
Orus may refer to: People * Orus, also known as Oros of Alexandria * Orus Jones (1867–1963), American golfer Places * Orus, Ariège, France Other * 21900 Orus, minor planet * Lycaena orus ''Lycaena orus'', the western sorrel copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found only in South Africa ( Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province). The habitat consists of fynbos at various altitudes, from sea level to monta ...

Oros Of Alexandria
Oros of Alexander ( grc-gre, Ὦρος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a late classical/Byzantine lexicographer and grammarian active in the mid-5th century. According to the Suda he was born in Alexandria and taught in Constantinople. The ''Suda'' lists ten titles by him, but little of his work survives. Fragments of his lexicon of Attic usages are preserved in later lexica. This work sought to counter the hyperatticist doctrine favoured by some contemporary lexicographers, who were inspired by the works of the 2nd-century grammarian Phrynichus. Oros' work was influential in the later Byzantine lexicographical tradition. The ''codex Messinensis graecus'' 118 contains a fragment of a work on orthography concerning the use of the iota subscript. This is sometimes styled the ''Lexicon Messanense''.H. Rabe, "Lexicon Messanense de iota ascripto", ''Rheinisches Museum'' 47 (1892) 405-413 Fragments of two other works survive, one a list of words with more than one meaning, the othe ...
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Orus Jones
Orus W. Jones (March 8, 1867 – August 10, 1963) was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Jackson, Ohio Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio, United States approximately 27 mi (43 km) SE of Chillicothe. The population was 6,239 at the 2020 census. History Established in 1817, residents named the to .... In 1904, he was part of the American team which won the bronze medal. In the individual competition, he finished 19th in the qualification round and was eliminated in the first round of the match play. References External linksOrus Jones at databaseOlympics.com
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Orus, Ariège
Orus is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Orus are called ''Orusiens''. See also *Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 Communes of France, communes of the Ariège (department), Ariège Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (a ... References Communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub ...
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21900 Orus
21900 Orus is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter, and a target of the ''Lucy'' mission to be visited in November 2028. The dark Jovian asteroid belongs to the 100 largest Jupiter trojans and has a rotation period of 13.5 hours. It was discovered on 9 November 1999, by Japanese amateur astronomer Takao Kobayashi at his private Ōizumi Observatory in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, and later named Orus after a slain Achaean warrior from the ''Iliad''. Orbit and classification ''Orus'' is a dark Jovian asteroid orbiting in the leading Greek camp at Jupiter's Lagrangian point, 60 ° ahead of its orbit in a 1:1 resonance . It is also a non-family asteroid in the Jovian background population. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.9–5.3  AU once every 11 years and 7 months (4,240 days; semi-major axis of 5.13 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.04 and an inclination of 8 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins wi ...
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