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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Category:Stars with proper names - Wikipedia

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    This category associates tightly to the list of traditional star names, and more loosely to star designations. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 ...

  5. Stellar designations and names - Wikipedia

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    The WGSN's first bulletin dated July 2016 [5] 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 (including four traditional star names: Ain, Edasich, Errai and Fomalhaut) reviewed and adopted by the IAU Executive Committee Working Group on ...

  6. Lists of stars - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of particularly notable actual or hypothetical stars that have their own articles in Wikipedia, but are not included in the lists above.. BPM 37093 — a diamond star

  7. 35 Baby Names That Mean Star - AOL

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    Mint Images/Getty Images. A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic ...

  8. List of smallest known stars - Wikipedia

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    Star name Star mean radius, kilometres Star class Notes References SGR 1935+2154: 4.35 soft gamma repeater [1] RX J0720.4−3125: 4.50 +0.08 −0.09 – 5.38 +0.13 −0.14: Neutron star: Neutron stars are stellar remnants produced when a star of around 8–9 solar masses or more explodes in a supernova at the end of its life.

  9. Stars named after people - Wikipedia

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    The names "Kuwano's Object" and "Kuwano's Star" have also been used to refer to V1407 Aquilae and V4021 Sagittarii, respectively. [45] These are all named after Yoshiyuki Kuwano . Lamont's Star is a peculiar star near the nucleus of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31). [46]