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Modern name for GJ 35 = HIP 3829, Third white dwarf identified, and first and nearest solitary white dwarf. | |||
==Etymology and History== | ==Etymology and History== | ||
[[File:Eric vanMaanen.png|alt=screenshot(s) of text|thumb|van Maanen's note on the discovery of "his" star (screenshot)]] | [[File:Eric vanMaanen.png|alt=screenshot(s) of text|thumb|van Maanen's note on the discovery of "his" star (screenshot)]] | ||
Appeared as “van Maanen’s Star” in a compendium of science abstracts in 1919 (for a paper by Cosserat), Whitaker (1922, an Almanac!), Seares (1924), Luyten (1950), van de Kamp (1971), Burnham (1978), Spite & Lahmek (1982), Fernandez (1983). | Appeared as “van Maanen’s Star” in a compendium of science abstracts in 1919 (for a paper by Cosserat), | ||
“van Maanen’s Star” has own entry in Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics (Murdin, 2001) | |||
Appeared as "van Maanen" in Allen (1963) Allen's Astrophysical Quantities. | * Whitaker (1922, an Almanac!), | ||
Name appears in ~10 NASA ADS abstracts | * Seares (1924), | ||
Name is already in | * Luyten (1950), | ||
* van de Kamp (1971), | |||
* Burnham (1978), | |||
* Spite & Lahmek (1982), | |||
* Fernandez (1983). | |||
* “van Maanen’s Star” has own entry in Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics (Murdin, 2001) | |||
* Appeared as "van Maanen" in Allen (1963) Allen's Astrophysical Quantities. Name appears in ~10 NASA ADS abstracts | |||
* Name is already in [https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NAME+van+Maanen's+Star SIMBAD] . | |||
* Wikipedia | |||
==Mythology== | ==Mythology== | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:04, 19 June 2025
Modern name for GJ 35 = HIP 3829, Third white dwarf identified, and first and nearest solitary white dwarf.
Etymology and History

Appeared as “van Maanen’s Star” in a compendium of science abstracts in 1919 (for a paper by Cosserat),
- Whitaker (1922, an Almanac!),
- Seares (1924),
- Luyten (1950),
- van de Kamp (1971),
- Burnham (1978),
- Spite & Lahmek (1982),
- Fernandez (1983).
- “van Maanen’s Star” has own entry in Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics (Murdin, 2001)
- Appeared as "van Maanen" in Allen (1963) Allen's Astrophysical Quantities. Name appears in ~10 NASA ADS abstracts
- Name is already in SIMBAD .
- Wikipedia
Mythology
IAU Star Name
WGSN discussed the name in 2022 but decided (for the time being) not to name stars after people.





