Aster

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Aster or ASTER may refer to:

Biology

Aster (genus), a genus of flowering plants
- List of Aster synonyms, other genera formerly included in Aster and still called asters in English
Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shaped like a star, formed around each centrosome during mitosis
Aster, a star-shaped sponge spicule

Automobiles

Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster, a French automobile and engine manufacturer from 1900 to 1910
Aster Società Italiana Motori, an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1906 to 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, Italy and the United Kingdom
USS Aster, a Civil War Union Navy tugboat
HMS Aster, two Royal Navy ships
Belgian minehunter Aster (M915), ship
Operation Aster, by the Soviet Army in 1944 in Estonia

Businesses

Aster (venture capital company)
Aster Data Systems, an American data management and analysis software company
Aster DM Healthcare, an Indian health care provider

Fictional characters

Aster Laker, a supporting character from the game Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Aster Phoenix, from the Japanese anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
E. Aster Bunnymund, a re-imagining of the Easter Bunny in the 2012 animated film Rise of the Guardians
Molly Aster, from the Peter Pan series
Sajit Aster, from the Japanese manga Waltz in a White Dress
Neve, Gliz and Aster, official mascots of the 2006 Winter Paralympics

People

Aster (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
Aster Berkhof, a pen name of Belgian writer Lodewijk Paulina Van Den Bergh (1920–2020)
Jack Aster, newspaper pen name of Walter Russell Crampton (1877–1938), Australian trade unionist, journalist and politician

Places

Aster, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Canada
Aster Glacier, Antarctica
1218 Aster, a main-belt asteroid

Other uses

Aster (typeface), a serif-class of typeface
ASTER (sensor), a Japanese sensor on board the Terra satellite
ASTER (spacecraft), a 2021 spacecraft mission by Brazil
Aster CT-80, a 1982 Dutch home computer
Aster MIMS, a hospital in Kozhikode, India

See also

All pages with titles beginning with Aster
All pages with titles containing Aster
Aster Revolution, in Hungary in 1918
Astor (disambiguation)
Asterism (disambiguation)

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