European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Fifth graders find project a heavenly idea by Alba bracol1 Mediterranean Baum Naples Italy from the Dawn of civilization stars have been objects of wonder mystery and Awe. Arab astronomers named Many of them centuries ago. Bul to ii Day Many Are Only known by numbers an coordinates. Recently d fifth Grade class at Pinch Marc Elemen tary school in Naples picked a name for one of these unnamed heavenly bodies. We were studying astronomy and looking at the constellations in our Galaxy said teacher Donna gun Derma it and the student were positively fascinated by the subject Gunderman explained to the students that historically constellations within the Milky Way were taken to represent gods animal and objects. The myths oven around them helped people remember the names and position of the Nan. To belter understand to myths around sum were created said 10-Ycar-old came Bennel my. Gun Derman gave each of us 10 Liny foil Star. We dropped to on a piece of paper and glued them wherever they fell. Then we had to come up with a design that reflected the shape name our Constellation and write Amyth to explain the shape of he Constellation and How in got thai s when id year old Christina Bic Durmann presented her proposal in the class. While doing my Homework i saw an article that said Many Siars have no names and that one could propose a name for an unnamed Star by contacting the International Star registry Christina said. I thought that it might make an interesting project tar the class to i brought the article to school the class sent a letter of inquiry to the International Star registry. Within two weeks the registry answered ailing thai the stud cats indicate the name and the area1 of the firmament they were i merited in. Thal j when we had to come up with an original name nid Wanda Sprice 11. We divided in groups and thought of several names. The group i was in came up with the name that got the most votes. Astoria o88. Ait Ria mean Nan and is for us because our teacher always tells us thai we Are the stars in her class.g11 form. Cunderman and 88 for the one question remained. How to mire the $31 fee needed for the registration but these fifth graders had Stan in their eyes and they tackled the problem with enthusiasm. Starting from Gunderman s $5 seed Money the 9111. Thursday March 31, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9boote i Orona boreal Sagittarius Scorp although it in t visible to the Nal cd Eye Aster la g 88 in be Shi with a Relence peal rxtsillonsTtum1rai?bts42 my nuts 49 seconds 4 degrees 39 minutes. Dents quickly reached their monetary goal. Some donated their weekly allowance others raked in a Dollar Here and there a Dorng extra chores for their parents. We All pitched said 11-year-old Brian Johnson. Laura Gibson Gol a Dollar for a weeping the front Steps for several Days. Megan Kovasik got an extra Del for for fixing her own lunch for a week. Ismini Milli Arcus got one for Clearing the table. Cindy Stafki earned Money baby sitting. Saiu Inonu cleaned her Intel s room. The fee and name were sent and two weeks later the notification came in. Astoria g 88 was officially born. The name will be registered in the Library of Congress and the facts pertaining to the naming of the Star will be kept in the vault or the International Star registry in Geneva. We searched in the celestial map and found the location of our said 10-year-old Kevin Kiley. To is in the Constellation Ofscar pcs. Right above the con Stella ton of we realize that we Don t realty own the Star said 11-year-old Angela Hendrix. But naming something makes it very personal and we think of Asteria o 88 sour own founding director of think tank on International issues retires b staff writer Berlin the influential Aspen Institute think tank bade Farewell to is founding director wednesday As shop Ard Stone stepped Down to accolades that included the creation of s 1,8 million foundation in his name nearly 300 International conferences on a wide Range of issues have been held at the suburban Berli Institute which Stone helped found in 197
