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[[File:Melotte-111.jpg|alt=photograph of open star cluster Metotte 111|thumb|Open cluster Melotte 111, or Coma Star Cluster. (Sternwarte Kempten, CC-BY 3.0)]] |
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A Micronesian name for the constellation Coma Berenices {Gilbert Is.}. |
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A Micronesian name for the constellation Coma Berenices {Gilbert Is.}.<ref>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.</ref><ref>Trussel, Stephen and Gordon W. Groves (1978). ''A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary''. <nowiki>https://www.trussel.com/f_kir.htm</nowiki> (Accessed 21 Aug 2021).</ref> |
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==Etymology and History== |
==Etymology and History== |
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This name was recorded in the Gilbert Islands between 1913 and 1946 by the French missionary Ernest Sabatier<ref>Sabatier, Ernest (1954). ''Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français''. Tabwiroa: Mission Catholique.</ref><ref>Sabatier, Ernest (1971). ''Gilbertese-English Dictionary''. Transl. by M. Oliva from Sabatier 1954. Tarawa: Sacred Heart Mission.</ref> |
This name was recorded in the Gilbert Islands between 1913 and 1946 by the French missionary Ernest Sabatier<ref>Sabatier, Ernest (1954). ''Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français''. Tabwiroa: Mission Catholique.</ref><ref>Sabatier, Ernest (1971). ''Gilbertese-English Dictionary''. Transl. by M. Oliva from Sabatier 1954. Tarawa: Sacred Heart Mission.</ref>. |
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==Mythology== |
==Mythology== |
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Noted as a string of shells by Sabatier.<ref>Sabatier 1971, 125</ref> The name ''Itua ni Bure'' was also recorded in 1937 by British couple Honor and Henry Maude as that of a string figure, Honor being a authority on string figures in Oceania (Henry was working as a Lands Administrator in the British colonial service).<ref>Maude, Honor C. and Maude, Henry E. (1937). String figures from the Gilbert Islands, instalment no. 4. ''Journal of the Polynesian Society'' 46, 41-48.</ref> The Maudes identified the name as specifically being a string of cowrie shells, but did not associate it with an asterism.<ref>Maude and Maude 1937, 48.</ref> |
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==IAU Working Group Star Names== |
==IAU Working Group Star Names== |
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Latest revision as of 16:18, 9 July 2024
A Micronesian name for the constellation Coma Berenices {Gilbert Is.}.
Etymology and History
This name was recorded in the Gilbert Islands between 1913 and 1946 by the French missionary Ernest Sabatier[1][2].
Mythology
Noted as a string of shells by Sabatier.[3] The name Itua ni Bure was also recorded in 1937 by British couple Honor and Henry Maude as that of a string figure, Honor being a authority on string figures in Oceania (Henry was working as a Lands Administrator in the British colonial service).[4] The Maudes identified the name as specifically being a string of cowrie shells, but did not associate it with an asterism.[5]
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.
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Reference
- ↑ Sabatier, Ernest (1954). Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français. Tabwiroa: Mission Catholique.
- ↑ Sabatier, Ernest (1971). Gilbertese-English Dictionary. Transl. by M. Oliva from Sabatier 1954. Tarawa: Sacred Heart Mission.
- ↑ Sabatier 1971, 125
- ↑ Maude, Honor C. and Maude, Henry E. (1937). String figures from the Gilbert Islands, instalment no. 4. Journal of the Polynesian Society 46, 41-48.
- ↑ Maude and Maude 1937, 48.
