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==Etymology and History==
==Etymology and History==
This name was recorded in the Gilbert Islands between 1913 and 1946 by the French missionary Ernest Sabatier and in 1937 by British couple Henry and Honor Maude while Henry was working as a Lands Administrator in the British colonial service. Honor was a authority on string figures in Oceania.
“a string of shells” according to Kiribati on-line dictionary < https://www.trussel.com/kir/dic/dic_i.htm#TOP>


==Mythology==
==Mythology==

Revision as of 15:50, 9 July 2024

photograph of open star cluster Metotte 111
Open cluster Melotte 111, or Coma Star Cluster. (Sternwarte Kempten, CC-BY 3.0)

A Micronesian name for the constellation Coma Berenices {Gilbert Is.}.[1][2]

Etymology and History

This name was recorded in the Gilbert Islands between 1913 and 1946 by the French missionary Ernest Sabatier and in 1937 by British couple Henry and Honor Maude while Henry was working as a Lands Administrator in the British colonial service. Honor was a authority on string figures in Oceania.

Mythology

IAU Working Group Star Names

The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.

Weblinks

Reference

  1. Sabatier, E. (1971). A Gilbertese-English Dictionary. Originally compiled in French by E. Sabatier and translated by Sister Oliva of the Catholic Mission of Tarawa. Tarawa: Sacred Heart Mission.
  2. Trussel, Stephen and Gordon W. Groves (1978). A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary. https://www.trussel.com/f_kir.htm (Accessed 21 Aug 2021).