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Turns out the answer is: since 2016 and 2018 respectively, by somewhat arbitrary decision of the IAU, since they decided to start blessing proper star names. It's elegant, though perhaps not ratified by history.
Matt McIrvin /
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2025-01-12 23:25:48
in reply to nevent1q…staw
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