Arin-majlep - Revision history

Sushoff at 10:16, 25 July 2026

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	[[File:~~Population distribution Marshall Islands~~.~~svg~~\|thumb\|~~Marshall Islands~~]]		[[File:Arin-majlep profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Arin-majlep profile card (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour).]]
	{{Infobox constellation		{{Infobox constellation
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	~~[[File:Arin-majlep profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Arin-majlep profile card (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour).]]~~
	'''Arin-majlep''' (also ''Arin-mājlep'' or, altermatively, ''Aṛ in Mejleb'') is an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql recorded in the Marshall Islands in Micronesia (Johnson, Mahelona and Ruggles 2026:<ref>Johnson, Rubellite K, John K. Mahelona and Clive Ruggles (2026). ''Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific Star'' ''Name''s (3rd edition). Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.</ref> 394)..		'''Arin-majlep''' (also ''Arin-mājlep'' or, altermatively, ''Aṛ in Mejleb'') is an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql recorded in the Marshall Islands in Micronesia (Johnson, Mahelona and Ruggles 2026:<ref>Johnson, Rubellite K, John K. Mahelona and Clive Ruggles (2026). ''Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific Star'' ''Name''s (3rd edition). Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.</ref> 394)..

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			[[File:Arin-majlep profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Arin-majlep profile card (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour).]]
	'''Arin-majlep''' (also ''Arin-mājlep'' or, altermatively, ''Aṛ in Mejleb'') is an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql recorded in the Marshall Islands in Micronesia (Johnson, Mahelona and Ruggles 2026:<ref>Johnson, Rubellite K, John K. Mahelona and Clive Ruggles (2026). ''Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific Star'' ''Name''s (3rd edition). Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.</ref> 394)..		'''Arin-majlep''' (also ''Arin-mājlep'' or, altermatively, ''Aṛ in Mejleb'') is an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql recorded in the Marshall Islands in Micronesia (Johnson, Mahelona and Ruggles 2026:<ref>Johnson, Rubellite K, John K. Mahelona and Clive Ruggles (2026). ''Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific Star'' ''Name''s (3rd edition). Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.</ref> 394)..

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	The name was discussed and adopted for the star ε Aql by the IAU WGSN in 2026. The brightest star of the asterism already had an IAU-name, so WGSN adopted the name for the second brightest star in the asterism.		The name was discussed and adopted for the star ε Aql by the IAU WGSN in 2026. The brightest star of the asterism already had an IAU-name, so WGSN adopted the name for the second brightest star in the asterism.

	ε Aql (HD 176411, HR 7176, HIP 93244) is a K giant star with apparent V magnitude of 4.02, approximately 55 parsecs away. As it is a previously unnamed spectroscopic binary (catalogued SBC9 1109), the name Arin-majlep is technically assigned to the primary star.		ε Aql (HD 176411, HR 7176, HIP 93244) is a K giant star with apparent V magnitude of 4.02, approximately 55 parsecs away. As it is a previously unnamed spectroscopic binary (catalogued SBC9 1109), the name Arin-majlep is technically assigned to the primary star. <gallery>
			File:Arin-majlep profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Arin-majlep profile card (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour).
			File:Arin-majlep stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|Arin-majlep stick figure (CC BY M.Sadegh Faghanpour).
			</gallery>

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Ericmamajek: updated discussion on eps Aql

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updated discussion on eps Aql

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	== IAU Working Group on Star Names ==		== IAU Working Group on Star Names ==
	The name was discussed and adopted for the star ε Aql by the IAU WGSN in 2026. The brightest star of the asterism already had an IAU-name, so ~~that we decided to~~ name the second brightest.		The name was discussed and adopted for the star ε Aql by the IAU WGSN in 2026. The brightest star of the asterism already had an IAU-name, so WGSN adopted the name for the second brightest star in the asterism.

			ε Aql (HD 176411, HR 7176, HIP 93244) is a K giant star with apparent V magnitude of 4.02, approximately 55 parsecs away. As it is a previously unnamed spectroscopic binary (catalogued SBC9 1109), the name Arin-majlep is technically assigned to the primary star.

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

	* {{NAMESPACE}}		* {{NAMESPACE}}
			* SIMBAD entry for ε Aql. https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=eps+Aql

	== References ==		== References ==

YoulaAzkarrula: infobox

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 [[File:Population distribution Marshall Islands.svg|thumb|Marshall Islands]]
 '''Arin-majlep''' (also ''Arin-mājlep'' or, altermatively, ''Aṛ in Mejleb'') is an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql recorded in the Marshall Islands in Micronesia (Johnson, Mahelona and Ruggles 2026:<ref>Johnson, Rubellite K, John K. Mahelona and Clive Ruggles (2026). ''Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific Star'' ''Name''s (3rd edition). Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.</ref> 394)..

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	[[Category:Oceania]] [[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:IAU-Star Name]]		[[Category:Oceania]] [[Category:Micronesia]][[Category:Marshallese]] [[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:IAU-Star Name]] [[Category:Star Name]]
			[[Category:Aql]]

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	== IAU Working Group on Star Names ==		== IAU Working Group on Star Names ==
	The name was discussed and adopted by the IAU WGSN in ~~202x~~. ~~As this~~ star is already ~~named ...~~, ~~the WGSN chose ... (not~~ to ~~apply/ to apply the~~ name ~~to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in~~ the ~~IAU-CSN~~.		The name was discussed and adopted for the star ε Aql by the IAU WGSN in 2026. The brightest star of the asterism already had an IAU-name, so that we decided to name the second brightest.

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	[[Category:Oceania]] [[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:~~4work~~]]		[[Category:Oceania]] [[Category:Asterism]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:IAU-Star Name]]

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Origin of Constellation

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	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===

	Erdland (1914, 86) gives a list of asterisms. He says "Mejleb" is a name for Altair in Aquila which means "the big eye". The name "Ar In Mejleb" would then mean "the copy/ replica of the big eye" with a similar bad omen. The reference to the similar geometrical pattern in the sky seems to be suggestive. Yet he also gives an alternative "Oder sollte ''ar'' hier Lagunenstrand heißen?" means that the term "Ar" could also refer to the beach of a lagoon.		Erdland (1914, 86) gives a list of asterisms. He says "Mejleb" is a name for Altair in Aquila which means "the big eye". The name "Ar In Mejleb" would then mean "the copy/ replica of the big eye" with a similar and bad omen. The reference to the similar geometrical pattern in the sky seems to be suggestive. Yet he also gives an alternative "Oder sollte ''ar'' hier Lagunenstrand heißen?" means that the term "Ar" could also refer to the beach of a lagoon.

	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

Sushoff at 12:16, 11 June 2026

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	'''Arin-majlep''' (also ''Arin-mājlep'' or, altermatively, ''Aṛ in Mejleb'') is an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql recorded in the Marshall Islands in Micronesia (Johnson, Mahelona and Ruggles 2026:<ref>Johnson, Rubellite K, John K. Mahelona and Clive Ruggles (2026). ''Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific Star'' ''Name''s (3rd edition). Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.</ref> 394)..		'''Arin-majlep''' (also ''Arin-mājlep'' or, altermatively, ''Aṛ in Mejleb'') is an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql recorded in the Marshall Islands in Micronesia (Johnson, Mahelona and Ruggles 2026:<ref>Johnson, Rubellite K, John K. Mahelona and Clive Ruggles (2026). ''Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific Star'' ''Name''s (3rd edition). Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.</ref> 394)..

			[[File:Erdland p86 hiMejleb.png\|thumb\|Mejleb highlighted in Erdland (1914).]]
	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	~~[[File:Erdland p86 hiMejleb.png\|thumb\|Mejleb highlighted in Erdland (1914).]]~~
	'''Variants'''		'''Variants'''

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
			[[File:Erdland p86 hiMejleb.png\|thumb\|Mejleb highlighted in Erdland (1914).]]
	'''Variants'''		'''Variants'''

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	August Erdland was a German missionary and ethnographer who spent the years 1900-03 in the Marshall Islands, where he observed and documented cultural customs and mythology in great detail. As part of this work he recorded and identified 66 names of stars and asterisms. In his list he records ''Aṛ in Mejleb'' as an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql (Erdland 1914:<ref>Erdland, P. August (1914). Die Marshall-Insulaner. Münster i.W.: Aschendorff (Biblioth.que-anthropos, 2(1)).</ref> 79 #35), ''Mejleb'' being Altair (ibid.: #34). In their Marshallese–English dictionary Abo ''et al''. (2019)<ref>Abo, Takaji, Byron W. Bender, Alfred Capelle, and Tony DeBrum (2019). ''Marshallese-English Online Dictionary''. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ling.lll.hawaii.edu/dicts/MOD/,</ref> identify the asterism as ''Arin-Mājlep'' and explain the name as meaning “image of Mājlep”, ''Mājlep,'' “big eye” being α, β and γ Aql.		August Erdland was a German missionary and ethnographer who spent the years 1900-03 in the Marshall Islands, where he observed and documented cultural customs and mythology in great detail. As part of this work he recorded and identified 66 names of stars and asterisms. In his list he records ''Aṛ in Mejleb'' as an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql (Erdland 1914:<ref>Erdland, P. August (1914). Die Marshall-Insulaner. Münster i.W.: Aschendorff (Biblioth.que-anthropos, 2(1)).</ref> 79 #35), ''Mejleb'' being Altair (ibid.: #34). In their Marshallese–English dictionary Abo ''et al''. (2019)<ref>Abo, Takaji, Byron W. Bender, Alfred Capelle, and Tony DeBrum (2019). ''Marshallese-English Online Dictionary''. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ling.lll.hawaii.edu/dicts/MOD/,</ref> identify the asterism as ''Arin-Mājlep'' and explain the name as meaning “image of Mājlep”, ''Mājlep,'' “big eye” being α, β and γ Aql.
	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
	~~[[File:Erdland p86 hiMejleb.png\|thumb\|Mejleb highlighted in Erdland (1914).]]~~
	Erdland (1914, 86) gives a list of asterisms. He says "Mejleb" is a name for Altair in Aquila which means "the big eye". The name "Ar In Mejleb" would then mean "the copy/ replica of the big eye" with a similar bad omen. The reference to the similar geometrical pattern in the sky seems to be suggestive. Yet he also gives an alternative "Oder sollte ''ar'' hier Lagunenstrand heißen?" means that the term "Ar" could also refer to the beach of a lagoon.		Erdland (1914, 86) gives a list of asterisms. He says "Mejleb" is a name for Altair in Aquila which means "the big eye". The name "Ar In Mejleb" would then mean "the copy/ replica of the big eye" with a similar bad omen. The reference to the similar geometrical pattern in the sky seems to be suggestive. Yet he also gives an alternative "Oder sollte ''ar'' hier Lagunenstrand heißen?" means that the term "Ar" could also refer to the beach of a lagoon.

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
			'''Variants'''

			* ''Arin-mājlep''
			* ''Aṛ in Mejleb''
			* Arin-majlep

	[[File:Arin-majlep stellarium hi.png\|thumb\|Arin-majlep asterism in Stellarium]]		[[File:Arin-majlep stellarium hi.png\|thumb\|Arin-majlep asterism in Stellarium]]
	August Erdland was a German missionary and ethnographer who spent the years 1900-03 in the Marshall Islands, where he observed and documented cultural customs and mythology in great detail. As part of this work he recorded and identified 66 names of stars and asterisms. In his list he records ''Aṛ in Mejleb'' as an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql (Erdland 1914:<ref>Erdland, P. August (1914). Die Marshall-Insulaner. Münster i.W.: Aschendorff (Biblioth.que-anthropos, 2(1)).</ref> 79 #35), ''Mejleb'' being Altair (ibid.: #34). In their Marshallese–English dictionary Abo ''et al''. (2019)<ref>Abo, Takaji, Byron W. Bender, Alfred Capelle, and Tony DeBrum (2019). ''Marshallese-English Online Dictionary''. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ling.lll.hawaii.edu/dicts/MOD/,</ref> identify the asterism as ''Arin-Mājlep'' and explain the name as meaning “image of Mājlep”, ''Mājlep,'' “big eye” being α, β and γ Aql.		August Erdland was a German missionary and ethnographer who spent the years 1900-03 in the Marshall Islands, where he observed and documented cultural customs and mythology in great detail. As part of this work he recorded and identified 66 names of stars and asterisms. In his list he records ''Aṛ in Mejleb'' as an asterism formed of ε, ζ, and ω Aql (Erdland 1914:<ref>Erdland, P. August (1914). Die Marshall-Insulaner. Münster i.W.: Aschendorff (Biblioth.que-anthropos, 2(1)).</ref> 79 #35), ''Mejleb'' being Altair (ibid.: #34). In their Marshallese–English dictionary Abo ''et al''. (2019)<ref>Abo, Takaji, Byron W. Bender, Alfred Capelle, and Tony DeBrum (2019). ''Marshallese-English Online Dictionary''. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ling.lll.hawaii.edu/dicts/MOD/,</ref> identify the asterism as ''Arin-Mājlep'' and explain the name as meaning “image of Mājlep”, ''Mājlep,'' “big eye” being α, β and γ Aql.
	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
	[[File:Erdland p86 hiMejleb.png\|thumb\|Mejleb highlighted in Erdland (1914).]]		[[File:Erdland p86 hiMejleb.png\|thumb\|Mejleb highlighted in Erdland (1914).]]
	Erdland (1914, 86) gives a list of asterisms. He says "Mejleb" is a name for Altair in Aquila which means "the big eye". The name "Ar In ~~Meileb~~" would then mean "the copy/ replica of the big eye" with a similar bad omen. The reference to the similar geometrical pattern in the sky seems to be suggestive. Yet he also gives an alternative "Oder sollte ''ar'' hier Lagunenstrand heißen?" means that the term "Ar" could also refer to the beach of a lagoon.		Erdland (1914, 86) gives a list of asterisms. He says "Mejleb" is a name for Altair in Aquila which means "the big eye". The name "Ar In Mejleb" would then mean "the copy/ replica of the big eye" with a similar bad omen. The reference to the similar geometrical pattern in the sky seems to be suggestive. Yet he also gives an alternative "Oder sollte ''ar'' hier Lagunenstrand heißen?" means that the term "Ar" could also refer to the beach of a lagoon.

	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===