Post by Void on Aug 26, 2012 12:36:12 GMT -8
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Many of the proper names that remain in use in modern astronomy are based on Arabic star names from medieval Islamic astronomy, which in turn have a substantial base on Claudius Ptolemy’s Almagest, which contained the original Greek and Latin names for stars. When Pern was first setteld they continued to use that same system in the beginning. So the stars have a "proper" name which is Arabic/Latin but then they have their common names. Use of the common names with the lesser constellations became more widely used in the later passes and especially after the technology was lost and only the majority of people who remember the proper names are the StarCrafters.
Many of the proper names that remain in use in modern astronomy are based on Arabic star names from medieval Islamic astronomy, which in turn have a substantial base on Claudius Ptolemy’s Almagest, which contained the original Greek and Latin names for stars. When Pern was first setteld they continued to use that same system in the beginning. So the stars have a "proper" name which is Arabic/Latin but then they have their common names. Use of the common names with the lesser constellations became more widely used in the later passes and especially after the technology was lost and only the majority of people who remember the proper names are the StarCrafters.
