A Hua He Inoa: Hawaiian Culture-Based Celestial Naming
by Kaiu Kimura, Kanani Aton, Kalepa Baybayan, John DeFries, T. Ilihia Gionson, Heather Kaluna, Keiki Kawai'ae'a, Larry Kimura, Shane Palecat-Nelson, Doug Simons, and Alan Tokunaga
Published onSep 30, 2019
A Hua He Inoa: Hawaiian Culture-Based Celestial Naming
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Abstract
The Imiloa Astronomy Center, in partnership with Hawaii-based astronomical observatories offers the A Hua He Inoa project. This project weaves traditional indigenous practices into the official naming of astronomical discoveries. It is an effort that shifts global paradigms by including Hawaiian youth into the process of astronomical discovery.
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