Tarandus - Revision history

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	Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.		Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.

	It was adopted as a modern IAU-star name in December 2025.		It was adopted as a modern IAU star name for 2 ‍Ursae ‍Minoris in December 2025.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Camelopardalis, Tarandus and Custos Messium.jpg\|thumb\|Sidney Hall (1825). Urania's Mirror: [[Camelopardalis]], '''Tarandus''' and [[Custos Messium]].]]		[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Camelopardalis, Tarandus and Custos Messium.jpg\|thumb\|Sidney Hall (1825). Urania's Mirror: [[Camelopardalis]], '''Tarandus''' and [[Custos Messium]].]]
	"''Tarandus''" is a name variant of Rangifer used in Urania's Mirror 1825 and Chambers 1877. ''[[Rangifer]]'', the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''. He had joined the 1736-1737 expeditions by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Lapland, which improved the measurement of the length of a degree of latitude and convincingly demonstrated the oblateness of the Earth. In these northernmost areas of Europe, where the Sami people live, Le Monnier learned about their Indigenous constellation of a reindeer in the sky, called [[Sarvvis]]. He squeezed its memory into a free space close to the equatorial north pole of the apparent celestial sphere.		"Tarandus" is a name variant of Rangifer used in ''Urania's Mirror'' 1825 and Chambers 1877. [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''. He had joined the 1736-1737 expeditions by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Lapland, which improved the measurement of the length of a degree of latitude and convincingly demonstrated the oblateness of the Earth. In these northernmost areas of Europe, where the Sami people live, Le Monnier learned about their Indigenous constellation of a reindeer in the sky, called [[Sarvvis]]. He squeezed its memory into a free space close to the equatorial north pole of the apparent celestial sphere.

	Carl Linnaeus (1758) dubbed the reindeer species of the Eurasian tundra "''cervus tarandus''", and Charles Hamilton Smith (1827) introduced the genus name ''Rangifer.'' Species and subspecies of ''Rangifer'' are called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America.		Carl Linnaeus (1758) dubbed the reindeer species of the Eurasian tundra "''cervus tarandus''", and Charles Hamilton Smith (1827) introduced the genus name ''Rangifer.'' Species and subspecies of ''Rangifer'' are called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America.
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	* [[References\|References (general)]]		* [[References\|References (general)]]
	* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (early modern)]]		* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (early modern)]]
	* Ian Ridpath~~'s website (~~[http://ianridpath.com/startales Star Tales] )		* Ian Ridpath [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/rangifer.html Star Tales Rangifer]

	[[Category:Constellation‏‎]]		[[Category:Constellation‏‎]]

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	[[File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]		[[File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]
	Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.		Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.

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	[[File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]		[[File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]
	Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.		Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.

			It was adopted as a modern IAU-star name in December 2025.

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

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			[[File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]
	Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.		Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.

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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==
	There is no specific mythology to this recent invention.		There is no specific mythology to this recent invention.
			[[File:Tarandus stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Tarandus stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).]]

	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
	The name was discussed and adopted by the IAU WGSN in 2025.		The name was discussed and adopted by the IAU WGSN in 2025. <gallery>
			File:Tarandus profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Tarandus stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Tarandus stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Rangifer profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Rangifer stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Rangifer stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Sarvvis profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Sarvvis stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Sarvvis stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Aldu profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Aldu profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			File:Aldu stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Aldu stick figure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour for IAU-WGSN).
			</gallery>

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Camelopardalis, Tarandus and Custos Messium.jpg\|thumb\|Sidney Hall (1825). Urania's Mirror: Camelopardalis, '''Tarandus''' and Custos Messium.]]		[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Camelopardalis, Tarandus and Custos Messium.jpg\|thumb\|Sidney Hall (1825). Urania's Mirror: [[Camelopardalis]], '''Tarandus''' and [[Custos Messium]].]]
	"''Tarandus''" is a name variant of Rangifer used in Urania's Mirror 1825 and Chambers 1877. ''[[Rangifer]]'', the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''. He had joined the 1736-1737 expeditions by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Lapland, which improved the measurement of the length of a degree of latitude and convincingly demonstrated the oblateness of the Earth. In these northernmost areas of Europe, where the Sami people live, Le Monnier learned about their Indigenous constellation of a reindeer in the sky, called [[Sarvvis]]. He squeezed its memory into a free space close to the equatorial north pole of the apparent celestial sphere.		"''Tarandus''" is a name variant of Rangifer used in Urania's Mirror 1825 and Chambers 1877. ''[[Rangifer]]'', the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''. He had joined the 1736-1737 expeditions by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Lapland, which improved the measurement of the length of a degree of latitude and convincingly demonstrated the oblateness of the Earth. In these northernmost areas of Europe, where the Sami people live, Le Monnier learned about their Indigenous constellation of a reindeer in the sky, called [[Sarvvis]]. He squeezed its memory into a free space close to the equatorial north pole of the apparent celestial sphere.

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	Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation Rangifer, the Reindeer.		Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation [[Rangifer]], the Reindeer.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
			[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Camelopardalis, Tarandus and Custos Messium.jpg\|thumb\|Sidney Hall (1825). Urania's Mirror: Camelopardalis, '''Tarandus''' and Custos Messium.]]
			"''Tarandus''" is a name variant of Rangifer used in Urania's Mirror 1825 and Chambers 1877. ''[[Rangifer]]'', the Reindeer, is an extinct constellation first introduced by Pierre-Charles Le Monnier in 1743 in the book ''La Théorie des Comètes''. He had joined the 1736-1737 expeditions by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Lapland, which improved the measurement of the length of a degree of latitude and convincingly demonstrated the oblateness of the Earth. In these northernmost areas of Europe, where the Sami people live, Le Monnier learned about their Indigenous constellation of a reindeer in the sky, called [[Sarvvis]]. He squeezed its memory into a free space close to the equatorial north pole of the apparent celestial sphere.

			Carl Linnaeus (1758) dubbed the reindeer species of the Eurasian tundra "''cervus tarandus''", and Charles Hamilton Smith (1827) introduced the genus name ''Rangifer.'' Species and subspecies of ''Rangifer'' are called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==
			There is no specific mythology to this recent invention.

	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==

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Tarandus is a late variant of the Early Modern European constellation Rangifer, the Reindeer.

==Concordance, Etymology, History==

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was discussed and adopted by the IAU WGSN in 2025.

== Weblinks ==

*

== Reference ==
* [[References|References (general)]]
* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|References (early modern)]]
* Ian Ridpath's website ([http://ianridpath.com/startales Star Tales] )

[[Category:Constellation‏‎]]
[[Category:Asterism‏‎]]
[[Category:IAU-Star Name‏‎]]
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