Pongaponga - Revision history

YoulaAzkarrula at 05:39, 20 June 2026

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Sushoff: /* IAU Working Group on Star Names */

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IAU Working Group on Star Names

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	DECISION: The IAU adopted the name Pongaponga for ε1 Lyr A on 18 June 2026.		DECISION: The IAU adopted the name Pongaponga for ε1 Lyr A on 18 June 2026.

	~~As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.~~

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff at 16:11, 19 June 2026

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	[[File:Pukapuka.png\|thumb\|location of the island]]		[[File:Pukapuka.png\|thumb\|location of the island]]
	On the island of Pukapuka, one of the Northern Cook Islands in the South Pacific, the stars ε1 (4) Lyr and ε2 (5) Lyr, two faint stars that can just be separated with the naked eye in good conditions, were known as ''Na ponga-ponga-iyu-o-te-kiole'', “the nostrils of the rat”. The name '''Pongaponga''' (“nostrils”) is a suggested shortening of this.		On the island of Pukapuka, one of the Northern Cook Islands in the South Pacific, the stars ε1 (4) Lyr and ε2 (5) Lyr, two faint stars that can just be separated with the naked eye in good conditions, were known as ''Na ponga-ponga-iyu-o-te-kiole'', “the nostrils of the rat”. The name '''Pongaponga''' (“nostrils”) is a suggested shortening of this.

			Pongaponga is also a modern star name for ε1 Lyr A.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
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	The name was suggested to the IAU WGSN in 2026. Spelling variants were discussed: ''Ponga-ponga'': Both the Beagleholes and Makemson spell it ''Pongaponga'' (no hyphen; no second capital) so we should probably use that. In ''Nā Inoa Hōkū'' we follow Pukui and Elbert's convention, as in their widely used Hawaiian dictionary, whereby "hyphens are used to divide longer star names into meaningful components. They are not part of the accepted spelling system" (NIH3 p. 184). In the wider star catalogues "Hyphens in Indigenous star names, which divide them into meaningful components, are indicative rather than definitive" (ibid: 271). So either ''Pongaponga'' or ''Ponga-ponga''; definitely no second capital.		The name was suggested to the IAU WGSN in 2026. Spelling variants were discussed: ''Ponga-ponga'': Both the Beagleholes and Makemson spell it ''Pongaponga'' (no hyphen; no second capital) so we should probably use that. In ''Nā Inoa Hōkū'' we follow Pukui and Elbert's convention, as in their widely used Hawaiian dictionary, whereby "hyphens are used to divide longer star names into meaningful components. They are not part of the accepted spelling system" (NIH3 p. 184). In the wider star catalogues "Hyphens in Indigenous star names, which divide them into meaningful components, are indicative rather than definitive" (ibid: 271). So either ''Pongaponga'' or ''Ponga-ponga''; definitely no second capital.

	DECISION:		DECISION: The IAU adopted the name Pongaponga for ε1 Lyr A on 18 June 2026.

	As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.		As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.

Sushoff at 16:09, 19 June 2026

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	[[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Lyr]]		[[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Lyr]]
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YoulaAzkarrula at 10:19, 12 June 2026

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YoulaAzkarrula at 09:59, 12 June 2026

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	[[Category:Oceania]] [[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:4work]]		[[Category:Oceania]] [[Category:Polynesian]] [[Category:Cook Islands]] [[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Lyr]]
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Sushoff at 11:39, 11 June 2026

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
			'''Variants''':

			* Pongaponga
			* Ponga-ponga

	Information on star knowledge on Pukapuka was obtained by ethnographers Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole during 1934 and 1935 (Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938:<ref name=":0">Beaglehole, Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole (1938). ''Ethnology of Pukapuka''. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Bulletin 150).</ref> 347–353) “from a number of informants” (ibid.: 348). Their report contains a star chart drawn by Robert Dean Frisbie, an American author who lived among the natives and “assisted in the identification of the star names” (ibid.: fig. 55, reproduced below).		Information on star knowledge on Pukapuka was obtained by ethnographers Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole during 1934 and 1935 (Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938:<ref name=":0">Beaglehole, Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole (1938). ''Ethnology of Pukapuka''. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Bulletin 150).</ref> 347–353) “from a number of informants” (ibid.: 348). Their report contains a star chart drawn by Robert Dean Frisbie, an American author who lived among the natives and “assisted in the identification of the star names” (ibid.: fig. 55, reproduced below).
	[[File:Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938, fig 55.jpg\|thumb\|589x589px\|“Chart of the Pukapukan heavens” from Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938,<ref name=":0" /> fig 55.]]		[[File:Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938, fig 55.jpg\|thumb\|589x589px\|“Chart of the Pukapukan heavens” from Beaglehole and Beaglehole 1938,<ref name=":0" /> fig 55.]]

Sushoff at 11:38, 11 June 2026

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	[[File:Pongaponga Beaglehole1938.png\|thumb\|Pearl Beaglehole & Ernest Beaglehole 1934-8. Pukapuka dictionary. [https://tapuaka.wgtn.ac.nz/nodes/view/6864 online] ]]		[[File:Pongaponga Beaglehole1938.png\|thumb\|Pearl Beaglehole & Ernest Beaglehole 1934-8. Pukapuka dictionary. [https://tapuaka.wgtn.ac.nz/nodes/view/6864 online] ]]
	[[File:Pukapuka.png\|thumb\|location of the island]]		[[File:Pukapuka.png\|thumb\|location of the island]]
	On the island of Pukapuka, one of the Northern Cook Islands in the South Pacific, the stars ε1 (4) Lyr and ε2 (5) Lyr, two faint stars that can just be separated with the naked eye in good conditions, were known as ''Na ponga-ponga-iyu-o-te-kiole'', “the nostrils of the rat”. The name '''~~Ponga-Ponga~~''' (“nostrils”) is a suggested shortening of this.		On the island of Pukapuka, one of the Northern Cook Islands in the South Pacific, the stars ε1 (4) Lyr and ε2 (5) Lyr, two faint stars that can just be separated with the naked eye in good conditions, were known as ''Na ponga-ponga-iyu-o-te-kiole'', “the nostrils of the rat”. The name '''Pongaponga''' (“nostrils”) is a suggested shortening of this.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==

Sushoff: Sushoff moved page Ponga-Ponga to Pongaponga

2026-06-11T11:38:11Z

Sushoff moved page Ponga-Ponga to Pongaponga

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Sushoff at 11:37, 11 June 2026

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	== IAU Working Group on Star Names ==		== IAU Working Group on Star Names ==
	The name was discussed and ~~adopted by~~ the ~~IAU WGSN~~ in ~~202x~~. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.		The name was suggested to the IAU WGSN in 2026. Spelling variants were discussed: ''Ponga-ponga'': Both the Beagleholes and Makemson spell it ''Pongaponga'' (no hyphen; no second capital) so we should probably use that. In ''Nā Inoa Hōkū'' we follow Pukui and Elbert's convention, as in their widely used Hawaiian dictionary, whereby "hyphens are used to divide longer star names into meaningful components. They are not part of the accepted spelling system" (NIH3 p. 184). In the wider star catalogues "Hyphens in Indigenous star names, which divide them into meaningful components, are indicative rather than definitive" (ibid: 271). So either ''Pongaponga'' or ''Ponga-ponga''; definitely no second capital.

			DECISION:

			As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==