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==Etymology and History== | ==Etymology and History== | ||
''Geminga'' is an artificially invented term for the gamma-ray and X-ray pulsar discovered and named by [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983ApJ...272L...9B/abstract Giovanni Bignani+ 1983], | |||
see footnote below. Bignami (1944-2017) was Italian physicist, later chairman of Italian Space Agency (2007-2008) | see footnote below. Bignami (1944-2017) was Italian physicist, later chairman of Italian Space Agency (2007-2008) | ||
The authors explain the pun: "This source is in the constellation of | The authors explain the pun: "This source is in the constellation of ''Gemin''i and it is a ''ga''mma-ray source. Pronounced with both G's as in "get", the word means "does not exist" or "it's not there" in Milanese dialect. | ||
==Mythology== | ==Mythology== | ||
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== Weblinks == | ==Weblinks== | ||
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== Reference == | ==Reference== | ||
[[Category:Constellation]] | [[Category:Constellation]] | ||
[[Category:Eurasia]] | [[Category:Eurasia]] | ||
[[Category:Europe]] | [[Category:Europe]] | ||
Revision as of 11:31, 5 July 2024
modern name for PSR B0633+17 Astrophysically important nearby pulsar – 1127 references. NASA ADS lists 844 publications with “Geminga” in abstract. Name listed in Lortet & Spite (1986) IAU dictionary of names.
Etymology and History
Geminga is an artificially invented term for the gamma-ray and X-ray pulsar discovered and named by Giovanni Bignani+ 1983, see footnote below. Bignami (1944-2017) was Italian physicist, later chairman of Italian Space Agency (2007-2008)
The authors explain the pun: "This source is in the constellation of Gemini and it is a gamma-ray source. Pronounced with both G's as in "get", the word means "does not exist" or "it's not there" in Milanese dialect.
Mythology
IAU Star Name
Name already in SIMBAD: https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Geminga Wikipedia
