🟠 Udkadua (λ And) – HIP 116584
Sumerian for “Storm Demon with the Gaping Mouth” ⚡ — from a 3,000-year-old Babylonian timekeeping asterism 📜
G8IVK yellow-orange subgiant:
🌡️ 4,633 K | 1.47 M☉ | mag 3.82
📍 Hand of Andromeda, near Cassiopeia
✅ IAU-approved 2025
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🌟 IAU – May 2025
6 new official star names:
Paradys 🪶 αAps – Bird of Paradise
Honores 📜 7And – Honours
Alfarasalkamil 🐎 οAnd – Complete Horse
Udkadua 🌩 λAnd – Storm Demon
Rasalnaqa 🐪 ιAnd – Head of She-Camel
Kaffalmusalsala ⛓ κAnd – Hand of Chained Woman
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It is with the deepest gratitude to my fellow members of @iau-wgsn.bsky.social that I am sharing an update on our work. In April and May 2025, we adopted the following stars names: Alfarasalkamil, Honores, Kaffalmusalsala, Paradys, Rasalnaqa and Udkadua. xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/in...