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Wasat

δ Gem HR 2777 HIP 35550 magnitude 3,5

From the Arabic word wasat, "middle," used by a sci-A commentator who was speculating on the meaning of the ind-A constellation name al-jauza'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the sky …

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Astronomia

Informação oficial da IAU

Designação

HR 2777

HIP

35550

ID de Bayer

δ Gem

Magnitude visual

3,5

Ascensão reta (J2000)

110,031°

Declinação (J2000)

21,9823°

Adoção pela IAU

2016/08/21

Origem do nome

From the Arabic word wasat, "middle," used by a sci-A commentator who was speculating on the meaning of the ind-A constellation name al-jauza'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the sky (perhaps meaning the celestial equator). The reference was intended to apply to the ind-A figure located in today's Orion, however it was under the constellation which is today Gemini that the reference appeared (note the confusion between Orion and Gemini mentioned under α Ori). Therefore, after transliteration into Latin, it was in Gemini (to δ) that the word "Wasat" was arbitrarily applied as a star name in recent times.

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