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The Sanduleak–Stephenson Star/Object is also known as Sanduleak-Stephenson 433, SS 433 in Aquila, a neutron star in radio source W50. Named after Sanduleak and Charles Bruce Stephenson. Schaeberle's Flaming Star is the source of the Flaming Star Nebula IC 405 (aka Cederblad 42) in Auriga, AE Aurigae.
Caroline's Rose ( NGC 7789) is an open cluster in Cassiopeia, named after Caroline Herschel. Gould Belt is a ring of stars in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, named after Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Grindlay 1 is a globular star cluster in Scorpius, named after Jonathan E. Grindlay. Kemble's Cascade and Kemble's Kite are two asterisms in ...
Astronomical naming conventions. In ancient times, only the Sun and Moon, a few stars, and the most easily visible planets had names. Over the last few hundred years, the number of identified astronomical objects has risen from hundreds to over a billion, and more are discovered every year. Astronomers need to be able to assign systematic ...
3352 McAuliffe ( Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher from New Hampshire, U.S.A.) 12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, high school teacher from Japan) 13241 Biyo ( Josette Biyo, high school teacher from Iloilo, Philippines) 13928 Aaronrogers (Aaron Rogers, mathematics teacher from London, U.K.) 14158 Alananderson (Alan Anderson, middle school ...
The approved names of 112 exoplanets and their host stars were published on 17 December 2019, with an additional pair of names (for the star HAT-P-21 and its planet) approved on 1 March 2020. [6] [7] An additional two star names were approved on 4 April 2022. [1]
This list includes organisms named after famous individuals or ensembles (including bands and comedy troupes), but excludes companies, institutions, ethnic groups or nationalities, and populated places. It does not include organisms named for fictional entities (which can be found in the List of organisms named after works of fiction ), for ...
Take a look through the slideshow above to see 17 famous things you might not have known are actually named after people. Related: Meet the monkey species named after a 'Star Wars' character: Show ...
Joseph Henry. Paul Henry and Prosper Henry. Matthew Henson. Pierre Hérigone. Charles Hermite. Hero of Alexandria, or Hero. Caroline Herschel - named for C. Herschel crater. John Herschel - named for J. Herschel crater. William Herschel - named for Herschel crater.