This week's list concentrates on the celestial. Most planets, stars, moons, constellations and comets take their names from Latin -- often from a Greek counterpart that had its routes in mythology. Others take their names from Arabic, Norse and even Shakespeare.
Here is a selection of names of moons, stars, constellations and comets:
| Acamar Aegir Aquila Altair Apus Ariel Atlas Beid Brooks Caliban Castor Caelum Cepheus Cetus Columba Corvus Crux Daniel Dorado Draco Fenrir Ferdinand Finlay Fornax Francisco Hercules Indus |
Keid Leo Lupus Miram Naos Nash Oberon Orion Pavo Perseus Phoenix Pollux Prospero Rigel Russell Saiph Sirius Stephano Suhail Taurus Triton Wolf Zuben |
Adara / Adhara Adrastea Agena Alula Alya Andromeda Aquila Alhena Amalthea Ara Ariel Asterope Atria Austrina Auva Belinda Bellatrix Betria Bianca Callirrhoe Calypso Capella Carina Cassiopeia Catalina Chara Cordelia |
Corona Cressida Cyllene Delphin* Desdemona Despina Dione Elara Electra Eugenia Evanthe / Euanthe Faye Galatea Gemini Gemma Halley Helene Ida Juliet Larissa Leda Libra Lynx Lyra Maia Margaret Meissa |
Mensa Merope Metis Mimosa Mira Miranda Norma Ophelia Pandora Perdita Phoebe Phoenix Portia Rhea Rosalind Sadira Shaula Sylvia Talitha Tania Thalassa Thebe Titania Vega Vela Zaniah Zosma |
* Delphinus is the Latin name, Delphin is the Greek.
