Marfik

Ophiuchus · λ Oph · HR 6149

HIP80883
IAU adoption2016/09/12

Name origin

Applied since medieval times from the Arabic word al-marfiq, "the elbow," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star. While the medieval transliteration was marsic (with a confusion of f and the long-shaped s), Marfik is an improved spelling of recent times.

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