Menkalinan

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

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Menkalinan

Asterism Info
Native	منكب ذي العنان
Translation	Shoulder of the Rein-holder
Position (2000)
Right ascension	89.88217887
Declination	44.94743257
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Menkalinan (1.9m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	Aur

Menkalinan 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 28360 (β Aur, HR 2088) in constellation Aur.

Etymology and History

Applied in recent times from its Arabic name mankib dhi l-(inan, "the Shoulder of the Reinholder".

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

• 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.