Tislit

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Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula


Tislit
Asterism Info
Native
Tislit
Translation
name of a lake in the Atlas mountains of Morocco
Position (2000)
Right ascension126.337846
Declination-11.500986
Area0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars1
Bayer/Flamsteed
stars
1
Stars brighter than 3.00m0
Brightest starTislit (10.77m)
exoplanets1 (Isli)
Taxonomy
category
of asterism
IAU-Star Name
IAU-
constellations
Pup

Tislit is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Amazigh. It is the name of WASP-161 in constellation Pup.

Etymology and History

Tislit is the name of a lake in the Atlas mountains of Morocco. It means the bride in the Amazigh language and it is associated with a heartbroken beautiful girl in an ancient local legend.

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2019/12/17.

Reference