Aster Explained

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
• , 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
• 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

• • • Aster Revolution, in Hungary in 1918
• Astor (disambiguation)
• Asterism (disambiguation)