Star in Lupus

Uridim

α Lup HR 5469 HIP 71860

The constellation of Lupus is one of the few ancient "Greek" constellation outside the zodiac that was directly taken over from a Babylonian constellation. The Sumerian term for this creature was UR.IDIM, later alternat…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 5469

HIP

71860

Bayer ID

α Lup

IAU adoption

2024/09/12

Name origin

The constellation of Lupus is one of the few ancient "Greek" constellation outside the zodiac that was directly taken over from a Babylonian constellation. The Sumerian term for this creature was UR.IDIM, later alternatively written "Uridimmu" in the Akkadian language (the literal Akkadian translation of UR.IDIM would be "kalbu šegû", according to lexical lists).