Pōwehi

From Hawaiian Pōwehi, from pōwehi, the generative darkness of creation, from the Hawaiian creation chant Kumulipo. From pō (“unfathomable ceaseless powerful creation”)+wehi (“honorific for crowned nobles”). Coined in Hawaiian, by James Clerk Maxwell Telescope observatory deputy director Jessica Dempsey, Hawaiian language linguist Larry Kimura, and Geoffrey C. Bower, chief scientist of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics division of Hawai’i.

Pōwehi

1. M87* (“Messier 87*”), the central supermassive blackhole of the galaxy Messier 87 (“M87”).

• M87*
• NGC 4486*
• Vir X-1*
• Vir A*

From pōwehi, the generative darkness of creation, from the Hawaiian creation chant Kumulipo. From pō (“unfathomable ceaseless powerful creation”) +‎ wehi (“honorific for crowned nobles”). Coined by James Clerk Maxwell Telescope observatory deputy director Jessica Dempsey, Hawaiian language linguist Larry Kimura, and Geoffrey C. Bower, chief scientist of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics division of Hawai’i.

Pōwehi

1. Pōwehi (the central supermassive black hole of galaxy Messier 87 (M87))

• Translingual: Pōwehi