Spica

Virgo · α Vir · HR 5056

HIP65474
IAU adoption2016/06/30

Name origin

Its ancient Roman name meaning "the Ear of Grain", after the star's Greek name στάχυς of identical meaning (in turn having obvious origins among the Babylonians and Sumerians). Reapplied in Renaissance times.

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