Arneb (الأرنب)
Arneb
Authors: IAU-WGSN Etymology Group, Susanne M Hoffmann, Roland Laffitte
Arneb (الأرنب) 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 25985 (α Lep, HR 1865) in constellation Lepus.
Etymology and History
Borrowed by Piazzi, and now adopted by the IAU, this is the Arabic name for the constellation, namely al-Arnab, ‘the Hare’.[1][2][3]
Al-Ṣūfī (ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī, d. 986 CE), in his description of the constellation al-Arnab, records that Arab observers designated the seventh through tenth stars of Lepus—those on the body of the “hare”—as Kursiyy al-Jawzāʾ al-Muʾakhkhar and ʿArsh al-Jawzāʾ, on the grounds that they lie between Orion’s two feet in the position corresponding to a throne. He further notes that some works on al-Anwāʾ (seasonal star risings and settings) refer to these same stars as al-Nihāl.[4]
see also Nihal (النِّهال) for β Lep.
Alternative Name:[3]
Arsh. Ar. عرش الجوزاء cArš al-Ğawzā’, ‘the Footstool of Elgeuze’, al-Ṣūfī p/ αβγδ Lep, see below, δ Lep. Arsh introduced in the 19th century, noted in Century Dic., Allen, Rumrill, Wiki.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2016/07/20.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Roland Laffitte (2012), Le ciel des Arabes, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Laffitte (2025), Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots
- ↑ al-Ṣūfī, Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar. Kitāb al-kawākib. Critical edition with commentary by Khalid al-Ajaji, digital edition 2021
