Aster
Appearance
The name Aster comes from the ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star".
Aster may refer to:
People
- Aster Aweke (born 1959), Ethiopian singer
- Aster Berkhof or Lode Van Den Bergh (born 1920), Belgian writer
- Aster Fissehatsion (born 1951), Eritrean politician and political prisoner
- Aster Ganno (c.1872–1964), Ethiopian Bible translator
- Aster Yohannes, Eritrean political prisoner
- Ernst Ludwig von Aster (1778-1855), Prussian, Saxon and Russian general
- Jack Aster or Walter Russell Crampton (1877–1938), Australian trade unionist, journalist and politician
- Jeannette Aster, Austria-born Canadian opera director
- Misha Aster (born 1978), Canadian opera and classical music producer, director, writer and educator
- Nian Aster, American filmmaker
- Richard C. Aster, American seismologist and professor
Science and technology
- Aster (genus), a genus of flowering plants
- Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shaped like a star, formed around each centrosome during mitosis
- Aster Glacier, in Antarctica
- 1218 Aster, a main-belt asteroid
- ASTER or Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, a Japanese sensor on board the Terra satellite
- Aster CT-80, an early Dutch eight-bit home computer
- Aster Data Systems, an database division of Teradata
- Aster (typeface), a serif-class of typeface
Automobiles
- Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster, a French automobile and engine manufacturer from 1900-1910
- Aster Società Italiana Motori, an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1906-1908
- Aster (automobile), a British automobile manufactured between 1922 and 1930
Military
- Aster (missile family) A family of Surface to Air Missiles, produced jointly by France, Great Britain and Italy.
- USS Aster (1864), United States Navy ship
- Belgian minehunter Aster (M915), ship
History
- Aster Revolution or Chrysanthemum Revolution, in Hungary in 1918
- Operation Aster or Tallinn Offensive, by the Soviet army in 1944
In fiction
- Aster Phoenix, from the Japanese anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Molly Aster, from the Peter Pan series
- Sajit Aster, from the Japanese manga Waltz in a White Dress
- Dark Aster, an alien warship featured in the 2014 movie Guardians of the Galaxy
Funding
- Aster is a venture capital company specialised in the energy, manufacturing, and mobility sectors