Kochab

Ursa Minor · β UMi · HR 5563

HIP72607
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied to β UMi in Renaissance times and of uncertam derivation. It is probably from one of the names Alrucaba, Rucaba, etc., that were first applied to θ UMa, then to α UMi, in medieval times. However, the name may also be from the Arabic word kaukab, or the Hebrew word kokhabh, both meaning "star.

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