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Xukut Ch'umil is Mayan star name for alpha centauri. 

==Etymology and History==

Xukut Ch'umil means Corner Star. The reason is because it marked the southern corner of the night sky at the end of the dry season, in April.<ref>The Paris Codex: Complex Analysis of an Ancient Maya Manuscript ([https://www.academia.edu/25028815/The_Paris_Codex_Complex_Analysis_of_an_Ancient_Maya_Manuscript_Dissertation_?auto=download Dissertation]) by Jakub Špoták</ref><ref>Eduardo Rodas-Quito and Javier Mejuto (online). Maya sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie in der Kultur--Kulturen der Astronomie.: Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting at the Annual Conference of the Astronomische Gesselschafb Sept. 14-16, 2021, tredition, Ahrensburg (Germany): 702-705.</ref>

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
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