Itua ni Bure

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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[3][4] and in 1937 by British couple Honor and Henry Maude.[5] Honor was a authority on string figures in Oceania; Henry was working as a Lands Administrator in the British colonial service.

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.

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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).
  3. Sabatier, Ernest (1954). Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français. Tabwiroa: Mission Catholique.
  4. Sabatier, Ernest (1971). Gilbertese-English Dictionary. Transl. by M. Oliva from Sabatier 1954. Tarawa: Sacred Heart Mission.
  5. 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.