Itua ni Bure
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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] and in 1937 by British couple Honor and Henry Maude.[3] Honor was a authority on string figures in Oceania; Henry was working as a Lands Administrator in the British colonial service.
Mythology
Noted as string of shells by Sabatier[4] and specifically as a string of cowrie shells in the context of a string figure described by Maude and Maude.[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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sabatier 1971, 125
- ↑ Maude and Maude 1937, 48.
