Botein: Difference between revisions
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Latest revision as of 02:50, 11 July 2026
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | البُطَين |
|---|---|
| Translation | the Little Belly |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 47.9073607 |
| Declination | 19.72667311 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Botein (4.37m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Ari |
Botein 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 14838 (δ Ari, HR 951) in constellation Ari.
Etymology and History
Applied in recent times from the ind-A lunar mansion name al-butain, "the Little Belly", for δ, ϵ and ρ Ari.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/09/12.
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.
