Tiaki
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | Tīaki |
|---|---|
| Translation | guardian |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 340.6668761 |
| Declination | -46.88457644 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Tiaki (2.11m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Gru |
Tiaki is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Polynesian/Tuamotu. It is the name of HIP 112122 (β Gru, HR 8636) in constellation Gru.
Etymology and History
Makemson (1941: 261 #659) lists Tiaki as the Tuamotuan name for β Gru, sourcing this to unpublished field data supplied by Kenneth P. Emory (ibid.: 197). However, Emory's star information does not appear in his later publications and has not been located to date in archives of his unpublished material. Stimson's Tuamotuan dictionary (1964: 526) gives the meaning of Tīaki as "guardian", "keeper", or "watchman", but does not list it as a star. He does, however, list Tīakitau as the name of an unidentified star on Anaa, which Makemson (1941: 261 #660) lists separately.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- Makemson, Maud W. (1941). The Morning Star Rises: an Account of Polynesian Astronomy. New Haven: Yale University Press. Stimson, J. Frank, with the collaboration of Donald S. Marshall (1964). A Dictionary of Some Tuamotuan Dialects of the Polynesian Language. Published by the Peabody Museum of Salem Massachusetts and Het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
