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== Nomenclature == ''υ Andromedae'' ([[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] to ''Upsilon Andromedae'') is the system's [[Bayer designation]]. Under the rules for naming objects in binary star systems, the two components are designated A and B.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hartkopf |first1=William I. |last2=Mason |first2=Brian D. |title=Addressing confusion in double star nomenclature: The Washington Multiplicity Catalog |url=http://ad.usno.navy.mil/wds/wmc/wmc_post191.html |work=U.S. Naval Observatory |access-date=2016-01-19 |archive-date=2011-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517130354/http://ad.usno.navy.mil/wds/wmc/wmc_post191.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Under the same rules, the first planet discovered orbiting υ Andromedae A should be designated υ Andromedae Ab. Though this more formal form is occasionally used to avoid confusion with a secondary star υ Andromedae B, it is more commonly referred to as υ Andromedae b. The other planets discovered were designated υ Andromedae c, d, and e, in order of their discovery. In July 2014 the [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) launched [[NameExoWorlds]], a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets and their host stars.<ref>[http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1404/ NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars]. IAU.org. 9 July 2014</ref> The process involved public nomination and voting for the new names.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/process |title=NameExoWorlds The Process |access-date=2015-09-05 |archive-date=2015-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815025117/http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/process |url-status=dead }}</ref> In December 2015, the IAU announced the winning names were Titawin for υ Andromedae A and Saffar, Samh and Majriti for three of its planets (b, c and d, respectively).<ref>[http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/ Final Results of NameExoWorlds Public Vote Released], International Astronomical Union, 15 December 2015.</ref> The winning names were those submitted by the Vega Astronomy Club of [[Morocco]]. The star is named after the Berber name ''Tiṭṭawin'', ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⵉⵏ, of Morocco's [[Tétouan]] city and Tunisia's [[Tataouine]] city, both cities' old town quarters are considered [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]s. The planets honour the 10th- and 11th-century astronomers [[Ibn al-Saffar]], [[Ibn al-Samh]] and [[Maslama al-Majriti]] of [[Muslim Spain]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/names |title=NameExoWorlds The Approved Names |access-date=2016-01-17 |archive-date=2018-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201043609/http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/names |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, the IAU organized a [[Working Group on Star Names]] (WGSN)<ref name="WGSN">{{cite web | url=https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/280/ | title=IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. In its first bulletin of July 2016,<ref name="WGSN1">{{cite web | url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/WGSN_bulletin1.pdf | title=Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1 |access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> the WGSN explicitly recognized the names of exoplanets and their host stars approved by the Executive Committee Working Group Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites, including the names of stars adopted during the 2015 NameExoWorlds campaign. This star is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names.<ref name="IAU-CSN"/> In [[Chinese astronomy|Chinese]], {{lang|zh|天大將軍}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Tiān Dà Jiāng Jūn}}), meaning ''[[Bond (Chinese constellation)|Heaven's Great General]]'', refers to an [[Asterism (astronomy)|asterism]] consisting of Upsilon Andromedae, [[Gamma Andromedae]], [[Phi Persei]], [[51 Andromedae]], [[49 Andromedae]], [[Chi Andromedae]], [[Tau Andromedae]], [[56 Andromedae]], [[Beta Trianguli]], [[Gamma Trianguli]] and [[Delta Trianguli]]. Consequently, the [[Chinese star names|Chinese name]] for Upsilon Andromedae itself is {{lang|zh|天大將軍六}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Tiān Dà Jiāng Jūn liù}}, {{langx|en|the Sixth Star of Heaven's Great General}}).<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060710.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 10 日] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123113/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060710.html |date=2011-07-16 }}</ref>
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