Stribor
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | Stribor |
|---|---|
| Translation | God of winds in Slavic mythology |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 133.461689 |
| Declination | 33.056812 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Stribor (8.03m) |
| exoplanets | 1 (Veles) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Lyn |
Stribor is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Slavic languages. It is the name of HIP 43674 (HD 75898) in constellation Lyn.
Etymology and History
Stribor is God of winds in Slavic mythology, as well as a literature character in the book Priče iz davnine (Croatian Tales of Long Ago) by the Croatian author Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2019/12/17.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- 2019 IAU100 NameExoWorlds
