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ALTHOUGH it has not been customary to give specific names to the dark or inconspicuous companions of bright stars, there are one or two such bodies of so much interest and importance, and likely to be so constantly referred to in the science of the future, that perhaps exceptions might be made in their case. I write, therefore, to ask whether an outsider in astronomy may modestly make a suggestion for astronomers to consider, and to reject if they do not approve.
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LODGE, O. Names for Companion Stars. Nature 117, 381 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117381b0
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