Markab
See also: markab
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic المَرْكَبُ الفَرَس (al-markabu l-faras, “the saddle of the horse”), from مَرْكَب (markab, “boat, saddle”).
Proper noun edit
Markab
- (astronomy) A subgiant, visible as a second-magnitude bluish star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus, one of the lunar stars observed in navigation.
- 1821, Thomas Kerigan, The Young Navigator's Guide to the Sidereal and Planetary Parts of Nautical Astronomy: Being the Theory and Practice of Finding the Latitude, the Longitude, and the Variation of the Compass by the Fixed Stars and Planets. […], London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, page 67:
- [Markab (the south-westernmost star in the square) is one of the stars from which the moon's distance is calculated in the Nautical Almanac, for the purpose of finding the longitude by lunar observations.]
- 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 324:
- [Markab—Flamsteed's Marchab—is the Arabs' word for a Saddle, Ship, or Vehicle,—anything ridden upon,—that was early applied to this star; but they also designated it as Matn al Faras, the Horse's Withers or Shoulder, and Bayer cited Yed Alpheras, the Horse's Hand, or, more properly, Forearm,—the Arabian Yad.]
- (astronomy) A star in the constellation Puppis; Kappa (κ) Puppis.
- (astronomy) A star in the constellation Vela; Kappa (κ) Velorum.
Synonyms edit
- (star in Pegasus): α (alpha) Pegasi (primary designation), α Peg (abbreviated form), Alpha Pegasi (Latinized form)
- (star in Pegasus): Mankib
Holonyms edit
- (star in Pegasus): Pegasus
References edit
- “Naming Stars”, in International Astronomical Union, 2018 June 1, List of IAU-approved Star Names.
Further reading edit
Alpha Pegasi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic مَرْكَب (markab, “boat, saddle etc.”).
Proper noun edit
Markab f