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"Throughout the article, we nickname the two stars Kronos (HD 240430) and Krios (HD 240429). In Greek mythology, Kronos and Krios were sons of the gods Uranos and Gaia. Kronos notoriously devoured all of his children (except for Zeus) to prevent a prophecy from coming true, which predicted that he would be overthrown by them one day." | |||
==Mythology== | ==Mythology== | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 22 February 2026
"Krios" is the Greek term for the Ram. The name is in SIMBAD for HD 240429 (V=9.7 mag).
Concordance, Etymology, History
Semyeong Oh+ 2018 2018ApJ...854..138O[1], w/Kronos
Miquelarena et al 2024 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A%26A...688A..73M/abstract
"Throughout the article, we nickname the two stars Kronos (HD 240430) and Krios (HD 240429). In Greek mythology, Kronos and Krios were sons of the gods Uranos and Gaia. Kronos notoriously devoured all of his children (except for Zeus) to prevent a prophecy from coming true, which predicted that he would be overthrown by them one day."
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name has been in SIMBAD for long time and was approved 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.
Weblinks
Reference
- References (general)
- References (early modern)
- Ian Ridpath's website (Star Tales )
