Charles's Wain

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a Norse or old Germanic asterism in Ursa Major, English term[1].

  • Middle English: charleswen, Charles' (Charlemagne's) wain, probably reinterpreted from
  • Old English carles wægn or wǣn, churl's wain : carl, churl (from Old Norse karl) + wægn, wain
  • cf. wegh (To go, transport in a vehicle. Oldest form *weg̑h‑, becoming *wegh‑ in centum languages.)[1]

Concordance, Etymology, History

Mythology

IAU Working Group on 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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