Muliphein
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | محلفين |
|---|---|
| Translation | two [things] causing dispute [in this case as to these stars' identification] and the swearing of an oath |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 105.9395561 |
| Declination | -15.633287 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Muliphein (4.12m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | CMa |
Muliphein is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Arabic. It is the name of HIP 34045 (γ CMa, HR 2657) in constellation CMa.
Etymology and History
The formation of this name begins with the Arabic names hadari and al-wazn. In Arabic discussions of these names it came to be said that they were muhlifan, meaning "two [things] causing dispute [in this case as to these stars' identification] and the swearing of an oath". From this usage, al-muhlifan was wrongly taken as a name for hadari and al-wazn together. Transliterated and further mutilated as "Muliphein", the name was arbitrarily applied to the single star γ CMa in recent times.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/08/21.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.
