Aw: Astrological symbol for Pluto?

2014-02-03 Thread Jörg Knappen
Unfortunately, this astrological symbol is given in the Wikipedia article, but not sourced. So I think, further evidence for its usage is needed. --Jrg Knappen Gesendet:Sonntag, 02. Februar 2014 um 05:20 Uhr Von:Shriramana Sharma samj...@gmail.com An:UnicoDe List unicode@unicode.org

Re: Aw: Astrological symbol for Pluto?

2014-02-03 Thread Frédéric Grosshans
Le 03/02/2014 08:57, Jörg Knappen a écrit : Unfortunately, this astrological symbol is given in the Wikipedia article, but not sourced. So I think, further evidence for its usage is needed. Actually, it is sourced (with the other symbils) to http://www.uranian-institute.org/bfglyphs.htm ,

Re: Aw: Astrological symbol for Pluto?

2014-02-03 Thread Shriramana Sharma
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Frédéric Grosshans frederic.grossh...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, it is sourced (with the other symbils) to http://www.uranian-institute.org/bfglyphs.htm , which lists no less than 4 symbols for Pluto... In any case, it seems its astronomical symbol was

Re: Aw: Astrological symbol for Pluto?

2014-02-03 Thread Andrew West
On 3 February 2014 13:14, Shriramana Sharma samj...@gmail.com wrote: In any case, it seems its astronomical symbol was encoded quite early (DerivedAge = 1.1) which was before the 2006 IAU decision to demote it to dwarf planet status. Of course, even if it were encoded today I'm sure it would

Aw: Re: Astrological symbol for Pluto?

2014-02-03 Thread Jörg Knappen
In fact, several dwarf planets have _astronomical_ symbols that were published together with their official names in the relevant astronomical journals. When it became clear that there are too many minor planets around, the assignment of symbols was halted. (37) Fides was the last minor planet

Re: Astrological symbol for Pluto?

2014-02-03 Thread Michael Everson
On 1 Feb 2014, at 20:20, Shriramana Sharma samj...@gmail.com wrote: Currently Unicode encodes a distinct astrological symbol for Uranus 2645 ♅ vs an astronomical symbol 26E2 ⛢. Has there been any proposal to encode this? (I'm guessing Michael might be interested…) I’d be happy to,