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  2. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...

  3. IAU Working Group on Star Names - Wikipedia

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    The WGSN adopted preliminary guidelines for unique star names. [5] In summary, these are: Names preserving world heritage are strongly encouraged; common and cultural names preferred over new. Names should normally be 4–16 characters in length; short names preferred over long. Names should be pronounceable in some language and be non-offensive.

  4. Stellar designations and names - Wikipedia

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    Stellar designations and names. In astronomy, stars have a variety of different stellar designations and names, including catalogue designations, current and historical proper names, and foreign language names. Only a tiny minority of known stars have proper names; all others have only designations from various catalogues or lists, or no ...

  5. Starfall (website) - Wikipedia

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    www.starfall.com. Commercial. No. Launched. August 27, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-27) Starfall is a children's website that teaches basic English reading and writing skills. The main demographic is preschoolers through third graders. It teaches children how to read by using games and phonics.

  6. “Buried within one of the [baby naming] sites was the name Pax, with a mention that this name came into popularity after Angelina Jolie changed her adopted son's name from Pham Quang Sang to Pax ...

  7. Lists of star names - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, star names, in contrast to star designations, are proper names of stars that have emerged from usage in pre-modern astronomical traditions. Lists of these names appear in the following articles: List of Arabic star names. List of Chinese star names. List of proper names of stars: traditional proper names in modern usage around ...

  8. International Star Registry - Wikipedia

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    History. International Star Registry of Illinois was started in Toronto in 1979 by Ivor Downie, and is thought to be the earliest commercial star naming company. That year, the Toronto International Film Festival announced that it had purchased the naming rights to stars in the Andromeda Galaxy from the company, and would be naming them after ...

  9. 100 Baby Names That Mean Star - AOL

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    Plus, names that refer to the celestial are especially fitting since, much like the sky, the birth of a baby is an event that inspires a deep sense of wonder. Here, a list of our favorite baby ...

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