Estrela em Centaurus

Menkent

θ Cen HR 5288 HIP 68933 magnitude 2,06

Applied in recent times and possibly coined from the Arabic word mankib, "shoulder" (in some recent transliterations: menkib; Ptolemy described this star on the right "shoulder" of the Centaur), plus the Latinized "Ken…

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Astronomia

Informação oficial da IAU

Designação

HR 5288

HIP

68933

ID de Bayer

θ Cen

Magnitude visual

2,06

Ascensão reta (J2000)

211,671°

Declinação (J2000)

-36,37°

Adoção pela IAU

2016/08/21

Origem do nome

Applied in recent times and possibly coined from the Arabic word mankib, "shoulder" (in some recent transliterations: menkib; Ptolemy described this star on the right "shoulder" of the Centaur), plus the Latinized "Kentaurus" for the sci-A constellation name qanturis. Hence this name could be of similar construction to the abbreviation for α Cen: "Rigil Kent.