https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Wamba_WambaWamba Wamba - Revision history2026-06-23T01:39:35ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Wamba_Wamba&diff=46465&oldid=prevASEtech: Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- "Wamba" means "crazy" or "mad". <ref>Fuller, R. (2014) PhD [http://www.aboriginalastronomy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Fuller-Thesis.pdf thesis]</ref> ==Etymology and History== "Wamba" means "crazy" or "mad". In this case, the star Canopus is called Wamba Wamba because of various reasons, depending on whose story is told. The planet Venus is also called Wamba. One speculation is that both Canopus and Venus are seen close to the horiz..."2026-06-22T06:22:25Z<p>Created page with "Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}} ---- "Wamba" means "crazy" or "mad". <ref>Fuller, R. (2014) PhD [http://www.aboriginalastronomy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Fuller-Thesis.pdf thesis]</ref> ==Etymology and History== "Wamba" means "crazy" or "mad". In this case, the star Canopus is called Wamba Wamba because of various reasons, depending on whose story is told. The planet Venus is also called Wamba. One speculation is that both Canopus and Venus are seen close to the horiz..."</p>
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"Wamba" means "crazy" or "mad". In this case, the star Canopus is called Wamba Wamba because of various reasons, depending on whose story is told. The planet Venus is also called Wamba. One speculation is that both Canopus and Venus are seen close to the horizon in the summer, and due to atmospheric defraction, can "scintillate" (twinkle srongly), which results in rapid changes in colour. This might be interpreted as madness.<ref>Robert S. Fuller and Ghillar Michael Anderson in Stellarium; printed in appendix of Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy.'' Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021., Reihe: Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook)</ref><br />
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