Re: Meet the new neighbors: The solar system expands.

On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:59:24 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/15/2024 11:57 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:03:59 +0000, quadibloc <quadibloc@gmail.com>
wrote:
 

On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:53:03 +0000, D wrote:
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Ahh... so Subaru expanded from cars to telescopes! And planet X might
exist after all. ;)

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Of course you're just kidding, but for information, what happened was:
"Subaru" is a
word in Japanese - and what it is, is the Japanese word for the
Pleiades. Since
they're bright and beautiful, it seemed to be a nice thing to use as a
brand name
for an automobile company.

 
Research suggests that
 
'In Japanese, the word “Subaru” (???) translates to “unite” or “gather
together.”' <https://carvibehub.com/what-does-subaru-mean/>
 
So, it is the Japanese word for "unite" or "gather together", which is
used as the name of what the Greeks (and others) call the Pleiades.
 
If you think otherwise, what are the Japanese names of the Seven
Sisters making up the Pleiades? And those names had better be very
old, certainly predating any likely contact with the Western
tradition, not just tranlations/transliterations of names derived from
the Greek names or the Greek names themselves.
 
None of which changes what the word is used for, or what the car logo
has on it, of course.

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'Subaru' IS the word Japanese use to refer to the Pleiades. I feel
you're saying 'America' isn't the name of a country, since it is
really A. Vespucci's name.

I'm not sure what I was trying to say. Well, except the "none of which
changes" line. Sorry 'bout that.

Check:
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"Slit belly swamp"
https://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-NX012/nx012374395.pdf
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before exploring one unusual Japanese tale of the Pleiades, relates
Japanese legends associated with them. Check pages 313-315.
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It includes two tales as far back as the 8th century relating them to
people.
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One has them as children, but another has them as maidens.
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pt

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