Asterope

The IAU catalogue's account

These names were individually applied in Early Modern times from a family of characters in Greek mythology: Atlas, Pleione and their seven daughters, the Pleiades.

Source language

Greek

Reference

Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.

Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.