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From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: The name of our sun is "Sol".
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Date: Fri, 19-Aug-83 11:56:21 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 19 11:56:21 1983
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Some authors use "Sol" (especially in science fiction, but then, they have
the most need), some use "the Sun", some use "the sun", some use "our sun"...
and similarly with "Milky Way", "our galaxy", etc.

In short, it is a matter of opinion.  But there is one group whose opinion
matters more, and that is the people who assign names to comets and the like.
The International Union of Astronomy, is it?  Now, if anybody knows the
proper name of the group and the usages that THEY prefer, tell us please.

Mark Brader, NTT Systems Inc., Toronto