Yildun

Ursa Minor · δ UMi · HR 6789

HIP85822
IAU adoption2016/08/21

Name origin

From the Turkish word yildiz, "star." In Renaissance times this common noun was erroneously said to be a Turkish name for the Pole Star (α UMi). Misspelled as "Yildun," the word was arbitrarily applied as a star name to δ UMi in recent times.

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