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==Etymology and History== |
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[[File:Eric vanMaanen.png|alt=screenshot(s) of text|thumb|van Maanen's note on the discovery of "his" star (screenshot)]] |
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Appeared as “van Maanen’s Star” in a compendium of science abstracts in 1919 (for a paper by Cosserat), |
Appeared as “van Maanen’s Star” in a compendium of science abstracts in 1919 (for a paper by Cosserat), |
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* Whitaker (1922, an Almanac!), |
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* Seares (1924), |
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Name appears in ~10 NASA ADS abstracts |
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* Luyten (1950), |
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* van de Kamp (1971), |
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* Burnham (1978), |
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* Spite & Lahmek (1982), |
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* Fernandez (1983). |
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* Wikipedia |
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Revision as of 13:11, 5 July 2024
modern name for GJ 35 = HIP 3829, Third white dwarf identified, and first and nearest solitary white dwarf.
Etymology and History
Appeared as “van Maanen’s Star” in a compendium of science abstracts in 1919 (for a paper by Cosserat),
- Whitaker (1922, an Almanac!),
- Seares (1924),
- Luyten (1950),
- van de Kamp (1971),
- Burnham (1978),
- Spite & Lahmek (1982),
- Fernandez (1983).
- “van Maanen’s Star” has own entry in Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics (Murdin, 2001)
- Appeared as "van Maanen" in Allen (1963) Allen's Astrophysical Quantities. Name appears in ~10 NASA ADS abstracts
- Name is already in SIMBAD .
- Wikipedia
Mythology
IAU Star Name
WGSN discussed the name in 2022 but decided (for the time being) not to name stars after people.
