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Hōei Nojiri
Japanese essayist and astronomer (1885–1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hōei Nojiri (野尻 抱影, Nojiri Hōei; November 15, 1885 – October 30, 1977) was a Japanese essayist and astronomer. He was a brother of the novelist Nojiri Haruhikoˀ, whose pen name was Osaragi Jirō.
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In 1930 he coined the Japanese word Meiōsei (冥王星, "Star of the King (God) of the Underworld") for the then-newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto. The name was then borrowed into Chinese and Korean.[1][2][3]
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See also
- Osaragi Jirō [information on family]
- 3008 Nojiri (main-belt asteroid)
References
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