Menkent

Centaurus · Cen · θ Cen · HR 5288 · HIP 68933 · magnitude 2.06

Applied in recent times and possibly coined from the Arabic word mankib, "shoulder" (in some recent transliterations: menkib; Ptolemy described this star on the right "shoulder" of the Centaur), plus the Latinized "Kent…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 5288

HIP

68933

Bayer ID

θ Cen

Visual magnitude

2.06

Right ascension (J2000)

211.671°

Declination (J2000)

-36.37°

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

Name origin

Applied in recent times and possibly coined from the Arabic word mankib, "shoulder" (in some recent transliterations: menkib; Ptolemy described this star on the right "shoulder" of the Centaur), plus the Latinized "Kentaurus" for the sci-A constellation name qanturis. Hence this name could be of similar construction to the abbreviation for α Cen: "Rigil Kent.

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