Misam

Perseus · κ Per · HR 941

HIP14668
IAU adoption2017/09/05

Name origin

the Arabic term مِعْصَم miʽṣam, The Wrist, was originally a name of χ Per (Almagest: "the right hand" of the Hero) and considered the Wrist of Thurayya (the Pleiades) for the Arabs.

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