Alcor

Ursa Major · 80 UMa · HR 5062

HIP65477
IAU adoption2016/06/30

Name origin

Ultimately from the ind-A name al-jaun, for ε UMa, which was transliterated and eventually corrupted in Latin to "Alcor." The name was wrongly transferred to 80 UMa in Renaissance times.

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