information NASA is naming rocks etc on Mars in Navajo language

[Lox]

Working with the Navajo Nation, the rover team has named features on Mars with words from the Navajo language.

The first scientific focus of NASA’s Perseverance rover is a rock named “Máaz” – the Navajo word for “Mars.” The rover’s team, in collaboration with the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President, has been naming features of scientific interest with words in the Navajo language.

read more (nasa)

maaz.com (Reg)
máaz.com (IDN not yet)

Dictionary: English - Navajo

 

[HotKey]

Makes it difficult to us to match the exact term in domain names without IDN usage now does it? Maybe this was part of the plan :P

But over and above the world revolving around DN, I like the reasoning towards awareness of the Navajo language, and interesting that this has been used historically because of their unreadability in codes by computers like in WWII.

The computing used on the rover will using translations that best resemble it.

 

[Reallybigidea.com]

interesting

 

[jhm]

Lol, that is pretty interesting

 

[Lox]

Makes it difficult to us to match the exact term in domain names without IDN usage now does it? Maybe this was part of the plan :P

The names are related to the Navajo legend "Creation of the Sky/World" (basic translation) // search and discover their legends //

“Just as the stars keep the sky up, the star ceilings keep the rock from falling.”

 

[CraigD]

I was wondering how the Navajo name sounded like the Latin name, but when I looked up the etymology I've realised that it was recently derived from English.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Máaz

Did the Navajo have their own names for the stars, and if so, why not use them instead?

 

[Lox]

I was wondering how the Navajo name sounded like the Latin name, but when I looked up the etymology I've realised that it was recently derived from English.

Did the Navajo have their own names for the stars, and if so, why not use them instead?

I'm still in Discovery mode
navajostargazer.com
Navajo Skies Guide (PDF attached)

 

[CraigD]

Looks like Navajo has its roots in Athabaskan/Dené languages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabaskan_languages

 

[CraigD]

I'm also in discovery mode now


IAU Approves 86 New Star Names From Around the World
(2017)
The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group on Star Names formally approved 86 new names for stars, which are now in the IAU stellar name catalogue. The catalogue now contains the approved names of 313 stars.
... Aboriginal Australians are among the oldest continuous cultures in the world, going back more than 65 000 years, representing some of the most ancient star names in the IAU catalogue.

 

[Lox]

I'm also in discovery mode now


IAU Approves 86 New Star Names From Around the World
(2017)
The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group on Star Names formally approved 86 new names for stars, which are now in the IAU stellar name catalogue. The catalogue now contains the approved names of 313 stars.
... Aboriginal Australians are among the oldest continuous cultures in the world, going back more than 65 000 years, representing some of the most ancient star names in the IAU catalogue.

Spotted already and reg. a few names in king, more like a personal / collector items / trophies

 

[HotKey]

"star" thread from not too long ago:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/does-domain-including-galaxies-or-stars-name-sell.1203992/

 

[Lox]

"star" thread from not too long ago:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/does-domain-including-galaxies-or-stars-name-sell.1203992/

Agree, It is very easy to misspell / hard to recall a word like Seirios (Sirius - old Greek).
I don't know, I have a bunch because they might be collector's items or great failure. #NFT? We'll see.

Regards

 

[HotKey]

Rocks are the ultimate nft's I guess. Have always seen beauty in their steadfastness. Permanence.

 

[CraigD]

Rocks are the ultimate nft's I guess. Have always seen beauty in their steadfastness. Permanence.

Papua New Guinea has a very long history of using sea shells for currency, and it is being revived among the nations 9-million inhabitants who still mostly live in tribal groups.

The return of shell money: PNG revives old ways after Covid's blow to economy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...revives-old-ways-after-covids-blow-to-economy