Suhail: Difference between revisions
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=== Adams, Determann, Laffitte === |
=== Adams, Determann, Laffitte === |
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Our brand new description |
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=== Kunitzsch and Smart === |
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Applied in recent times and representing an abbreviation of any of several composite ind-A names (for example suhail al-wazn, suhail al-muhlif) that sci-A authors variously attributed to brighter stars in the region of |
Applied in recent times and representing an abbreviation of any of several composite ind-A names (for example suhail al-wazn, suhail al-muhlif) that sci-A authors variously attributed to brighter stars in the region of Suhail. A Vel was among these brighter stars. Some of the composite names may have been authentic ind-A names for far-southern stars, with their true identities unknown to the more northern sci-Arabs, while others of them were surely the creations of ind-A poets. |
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==Mythology== |
==Mythology== |
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==IAU Working Group Star Names== |
==IAU Working Group Star Names== |
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The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2016. The WGSN chose to apply the name for the star λ Vel in the IAU-CSN although it has historically been used for several stars. |
The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2016. The WGSN chose to apply the name for the star λ Vel in the IAU-CSN although it has historically been used for several stars. |
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Latest revision as of 13:42, 29 August 2024
A brief information (language, culture of origin)
Etymology and History
Adams, Determann, Laffitte
Our brand new description
Kunitzsch and Smart
Applied in recent times and representing an abbreviation of any of several composite ind-A names (for example suhail al-wazn, suhail al-muhlif) that sci-A authors variously attributed to brighter stars in the region of Suhail. A Vel was among these brighter stars. Some of the composite names may have been authentic ind-A names for far-southern stars, with their true identities unknown to the more northern sci-Arabs, while others of them were surely the creations of ind-A poets.
Mythology
IAU Working Group Star Names
The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 2016. The WGSN chose to apply the name for the star λ Vel in the IAU-CSN although it has historically been used for several stars.
