Editing Astronomical naming conventions (section)

==== Named after people ====
{{Main|Stars named after people#Nomenclature}}

There are about two dozen stars such as [[Barnard's Star]] and [[Kapteyn's Star]] that have historic names and which were named in honor after [[astronomer]]s. As a result of the NameExoWorlds campaign in December 2015 the IAU approved the names Cervantes (honoring the writer [[Miguel de Cervantes]]) and Copernicus (honoring the astronomer [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]) for the stars [[Mu Arae]] and [[55 Cancri|55 Cancri A]], respectively.<ref name="IAUnames">{{Cite web |url=http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/names |title=NameExoWorlds The Approved Names |access-date=2016-07-28 |archive-date=2018-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201043609/http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/names |url-status=dead }}</ref> In July 2016, the IAU WGSN approved the name ''Cor Caroli'' ([[Latin (language)|Latin]] for 'heart of Charles') for the star [[Cor Caroli|Alpha Canum Venaticorum]], so named in honour of [[King Charles I of England]] by Sir [[Charles Scarborough]], his physician.<ref>Richard Hinckley Allen, ''[[Star Names|Star-Names and Their Meanings]]'', G.E. Stechert, New York, 1899</ref><ref>Robert Burnham, Jr. ''Burnham's Celestial Handbook'', Volume 1, p. 359.</ref><ref>[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/canesvenatici.html#corcaroli Ian Ridpath: "Star Tales", Canes Venatici]. See also Deborah J. Warner, ''The Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500-1800''.</ref> In 2019, IAU held the [[NameExoWorlds]] campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nameexoworlds.iau.org/final-results|title=Approved names|website=NameExoworlds|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>