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  2. Table of stars with Bayer designations - Wikipedia

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    Table of stars with Bayer designations. 7 languages. ... View history; General What links here; ... grouped by the constellation part of the designation.

  3. Bayer designation - Wikipedia

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    A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek or Latin letter followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name. The original list of Bayer designations contained 1564 stars. The brighter stars were assigned their first systematic names by the German astronomer Johann Bayer ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Iota Carinae - Wikipedia

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    The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 [16] included a table of the first two batches of names it approved which included Aspidiske for this star. In Chinese , 海石 ( Hǎi Shí ), meaning Sea Rock , refers to an asterism consisting of Iota Carinae, Epsilon Carinae , HD 83183 , HD 84810 and Upsilon Carinae . [ 17 ]

  6. 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification - Wikipedia

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    A total of 56 teams entered the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Chile, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. As with previous World Cups, the rules of the qualification rounds varied by ...

  7. FIFA World Cup qualification - Wikipedia

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    The berths for the inaugural 1930 tournament were filled by invitation only. The 1934 one was the first one to have an actual qualifying phase.The first ever World Cup qualifying match was played on 11 June 1933, when Sweden defeated Estonia 6–2 in Stockholm, and the first goal was scored 7 minutes into the game, with some sources [1] attributing it to Swedish captain Knut Kroon while others ...

  8. 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification - Wikipedia

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    Luigi Franco Gemma, a 14-year-old Italian boy whose father worked at the stadium, picked Turkey's name from the lots with his eyes blindfolded. [1] [2] Therefore, Turkey qualified. This is the first time Spain failed to qualify. Since the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals, goal difference has been used as a tiebreaker for future qualifying rounds. Had ...

  9. Vega - Wikipedia

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    α Lyrae (Latinised to Alpha Lyrae) is the star's Bayer designation. The traditional name Vega (earlier Wega [ 15 ] ) comes from a loose transliteration of the Arabic word wāqi' ( Arabic : واقع ) meaning "falling" or "landing", via the phrase an-nasr al-wāqi' ( Arabic : النّسر الْواقع ), "the falling eagle". [ 27 ]