Orbit Unlimited.
A star is named by a Greek letter and a constellation. Thus, Alpha Centauri is the brightest star in Centaurus whereas Epsilon Eridani is the fifth brightest star in Eridanus. But why does Joshua Coffin differentiate Epsilon Eridani from e Eridani? is e not Epsilon (E in Greek)? No. Apparently e is Eta (H in Greek). (They had stopped teaching Greek in the senior classes in school by the time I got there.)
A few years back, a Latin tutor gave us this transliteration:
iota, i;
delta, d;
epsilon, e;
alpha, a -
- idea.
An important word all the way from Greek through Latin into English.
Addendum: No, I got that wrong about Eta. See The Greek Alphabet. I don't know what Coffin was getting at.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I admit I know next to nothing about Greek. And I know that is a lack!
Ad astra! Sean
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