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	Zubenelhakrabi 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 76333 (γ Lib, HR 5787) in constellation Lib.		Zubenelhakrabi 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 76333 (γ Lib, HR 5787) in constellation Lib.

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	Zubenelhakrabi 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 ~~HIP76333~~ (γ Lib, HR 5787) in constellation Lib.		Zubenelhakrabi 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 76333 (γ Lib, HR 5787) in constellation Lib.

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

	Allen (1899) claims that this term was used for η Lib while “properly belonging to γ Scorpii”. He gives the name “Zubān alʿAkrab, the Scropion’s ~~Claw~~,” with the spelling variants Zuban al Kravi, Zuben Acrabi, Zuben Hakrabi where the last one goes back to Bayer’s Uranometria (1603). Yet, Bayer’s γ Scorpii is now σ Lib (Brachium) and Bayer’s γ Lib was named “in media lance Boreali prima et superior”.		Allen (1899) claims that this term was used for η Lib while “properly belonging to γ Scorpii”. He gives the name “Zubān alʿAkrab, the Scropion’s Claw”, with the spelling variants Zuban al Kravi, Zuben Acrabi, Zuben Hakrabi where the last one goes back to Bayer’s Uranometria (1603). Yet, Bayer’s γ Scorpii is now σ Lib (Brachium) and Bayer’s γ Lib was named “in media lance Boreali prima et superior”.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Zubenelhakrabi}}
Zubenelhakrabi 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 HIP76333 (γ Lib, HR 5787) in constellation Lib.

==Etymology and History==

Allen (1899) claims that this term was used for η Lib while “properly belonging to γ Scorpii”. He gives the name “Zubān alʿAkrab, the Scropion’s Claw,” with the spelling variants Zuban al Kravi, Zuben Acrabi, Zuben Hakrabi where the last one goes back to Bayer’s Uranometria (1603). Yet, Bayer’s γ Scorpii is now σ Lib (Brachium) and Bayer’s γ Lib was named “in media lance Boreali prima et superior”.

==Mythology==

==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/09/05.

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

==Reference==
*[[References|References (general)]]
* Allen (1899), p. 277,369, and Bayer (1603) on Libra and on Scorpius

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