Chertan

Leo · θ Leo · HR 4359

HIP54879
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied in recent times from one spelling of the ind-A lunar mansion name al-khurtan, "the Two Small Ribs (at or near the breast)," for δ and θ Leo. The more common and apparently correct spelling of the lunar mansion name is al-kharatan, of unknown meaning.

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