is Fomalhaut); Deneb Kaitos is from الذنب القيتوس الجنوب Al Dhanab al Ḳaiṭos al Janūbīyy 'southern tail of Cetus'. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Diphda for this star on 21 August 2016 and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. In Chinese astronomy, Deneb Kaitos is called 土司空, Pinyin: Tǔsīkōng, meaning Master of Constructions, because this star is marking itself and stands alone in the Master of Constructions asterism, Legs mansion (see : Chinese constellation). 土司空 (Tǔsīkōng), westernized into Too Sze Kung'' by R.H. Allen and the meaning is "Superintendent of Earthworks." Namesake USS Diphda (AKA-59) was a U.S. Navy ship. References External links Beta Ceti: Giant Star's Corona Brightens with Age Ceti, Beta Cetus (constellation) K-type giants Diphda Suspected variables 0188 004128 BD-18 0115 Ceti, 16 003419 0031