An asstronomer

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    5 days ago

    Thanks for the link to the naming controversy! Always entertaining

    Apparently the controversy survives

    In Hawaiian, its name is Heleʻekela, the Hawaiian rendering of the name ‘Herschel’.

    Although more importantly it never occurred to me that different languages have different names. I guess I expected one name, and direct translations, but this makes sens