Krios

"Krios" is the Greek term for the Ram. The name is in SIMBAD for HD 240429 (V=9.7 mag).

Concordance, Etymology, History

Semyeong Oh+ 2018 2018ApJ...854..138O, w/Kronos

Miquelarena et al 2024 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A%26A...688A..73M/abstract

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name has been in SIMBAD for long time and was approved 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.

Reference

• References (general)
• References (early modern)
• Ian Ridpath's website (Star Tales )