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Typography

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-zubana, "the claw", used in Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in describing the stars α and ι Cnc. Otherwise, the same Arabic word was used for the "claws" of Scorpius.		Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-zubana, "the claw", used in Ptolemy's ''Tetrabiblos'' in describing the stars α and ι Cnc. Otherwise, the same Arabic word was used for the "claws" of Scorpius.

	=== Northern and Southern "Acubens" ===		=== Northern and Southern "Acubens" ===

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	Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-zubana, "the claw", used in Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in describing the stars α and ι Cnc. Otherwise, the same Arabic word was used for the "claws" of Scorpius.		Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-zubana, "the claw", used in Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in describing the stars α and ι Cnc. Otherwise, the same Arabic word was used for the "claws" of Scorpius.

			=== Northern and Southern "Acubens" ===
			Laffitte (2025)<ref>Roland Laffitte (2025). 550 noms hérités des Arabes</ref> distingishes two star names "Acubens", a northern and a southern one:

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			[[File:Crab RL2026.png\|thumb\|Cancer in Laffitte (2025, p. 208). ''Fig. 29a''. ''Καρκίνος'' / ''Karkinos'' – ''al-Saraṭān,'' « le Crabe ».]]
			'''''Acubens''''' [''Bor.''] ''(ι Cnc : 4,0) /'' '''الزبانى'''<blockquote>Emprunté au XVI<sup>e</sup> siècle, ce nom a la même origine que celui d’''α Cnc'' dont ''ι'' ''Cnc'' occupe une position symétrique dans la figure (voir ''Fig. 29a''). Ar. > lat. : ''Acubens'' p/ ''ι'' ''Cnc'' et ''Acubenae'' (plur.) p/ ''α Cnc'', ''Atlas'' de Mercator (1551) ''> Acubenae'' p/ ''α'' et ''ι Cnc'', Mesnard ; « Die Nordlische Scheere - ''‘Zubên‘''- des Krebses », Ideler > ''Zubanah'' ''B-A'' p/ ''ι<sup>1-2</sup> Cnc'', Rhoads.</blockquote>'''English:''' Borrowed in the 16th century, this name has the same origin as that of α Cnc, with ι Cnc occupying a symmetrical position in the figure (see Fig. 29a). Ar. > Lat. : Acubens for ι Cnc and Acubenae (plur.) for α Cnc, Mercator's Atlas (1551) > Acubenae for α and ι Cnc, Mesnard; ‘Die Nordlische Scheere - “Zubên” - des Krebses’, Ideler > Zubanah B-A for ι1-2 Cnc, Rhoads.

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			'''''Acubens''''' [''Aus.''] ''(α Cnc : 4,26) /'' '''الزبانى'''<blockquote>Emprunté au XII<sup>e</sup> siècle et aujourd’hui approuvé par l’UAI, c’est l’arabe ''al-Zubānā'', interprété comme « la Pince » du ''Crabe'', nom primitivement en usage chez les Arabes pour ''Libra'', où son véritable sens est « la Balance » (voir cette constellation''.'' Ar. : al-Ḥağğāğ, et p/ ex al-Ṣūfī. Ayant interprété ce mot ''al-zubānā'' comme « la pince » pour ''Scorpio'', les philologues arabes l’ont dupliqué dans le ''Cancer'' (voir ''Libra'', ''infra'', 221). Lat. ''açubene'' et ''azubene'', Platon de Tivoli ; fr. : Léopold d’Autriche. Allen, etc., ''Simbad'', UAI. Voir aussi ''ι Cnc''</blockquote>'''English:''' Borrowed in the 12th century and now approved by the IAU, it is the Arabic al-Zubānā, interpreted as ‘the Claw’ of the Crab, a name originally used by the Arabs for Libra, where its true meaning is ‘the Scales’ (see this constellation. Ar.: al-Ḥağğāğ, and e.g. al-Ṣūfī. Having interpreted this word al-zubānā as ‘the claw’ for Scorpio, Arabic philologists duplicated it in Cancer (see Libra, infra, 221). Lat. açubene and azubene, Plato of Tivoli; Fr.: Leopold of Austria. Allen, etc., Simbad, UAI. See also ι Cnc.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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	Acubens 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 44066 (α Cnc, HR 3572) in constellation Cnc.		Acubens 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 44066 (α Cnc, HR 3572) in constellation Cnc.

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	Acubens 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 ~~HIP44066.~~ (α Cnc, HR 3572) in constellation Cnc.		Acubens 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 44066 (α Cnc, HR 3572) in constellation Cnc.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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Acubens 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 HIP44066. (α Cnc, HR 3572) in constellation Cnc.

==Etymology and History==

Applied with various spellings since medieval times, from the Arabic word al-zubana, "the claw", used in Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in describing the stars α and ι Cnc. Otherwise, the same Arabic word was used for the "claws" of Scorpius.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/07/20.

==Weblinks==
* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

==Reference==
*[[References|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.

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