Nomenclature
The authors of the paper concluded a structure that was the possible explanation of the clustering, but they never associated any name with it.[12] Hakkila stated that “During the process, we were more concerned with whether it was real or not.”[12] The term “Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall” was coined by a Filipino teenager from Marikina City on the website Wikipedia,[12][13] after reading a Discovery News report[14] three weeks after the structure’s discovery in 2013. The nomenclature was used by Jacqueline Howard, on her “Talk Nerdy to Me” video series,[15] and Hakkila would later use the name.[1]
The term is misleading, since the clustering occupies a region much larger than the constellations Hercules and Corona Borealis. In fact, it covers the region from Boötes to as far as the Zodiac constellation Gemini. In addition, the clustering is somewhat roundish in shape, which is more likely a supercluster, in contrast to an elongated shape of a galaxy wall. Another name, Great GRB Wall, was proposed in a later paper.[6]