Beemim

Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula, IanRidpath

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Beemim is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is corrupted. It is the name of HIP 20535 (υ³ Eri, HR 1393) in constellation Eri.

Etymology and History

Spelling variations of this name appeared in medieval sources for star 29 in Eridanus in the Almagest (Upsilon³ Eri), with the Alfonsine Tables (1492, Tabule Astronomice Alfonsi Regis) spelling it as "Beemim". The formation of this name begins with one of the words used by Ptolemy to describe this star in the Almagest: καμπή, "the bend [of the river]". This was misread by the scholarly Arabic interpreters, who transliterated the word as bhmn. This, in turn, was transliterated as beemun in the Medieval Latin Almagest, which was corrupted to beemin, beemim, etc.

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/06/30.

Weblinks

• Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

Reference

• References (general)
• Ptolemaeus. (1515). Almagestū Cl[audii] Ptolemei Pheludiensis Alexandrini Astronomo[rum] principis : opus ingens ac nobile omnes celorū motus continens ... Liechtenstein, Petrus.