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Altilunium (talk | contribs) (Created page with "=== Etymology === {{Cquote|Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star hundreds of times of the diameter of the Sun. It expands and contracts over period of months and year, changing brightness noticeably in the process. The 10th century Arabic astronomer al-Ṣūfī said in his "Book of the Fixed Stars" that this star was known both as "mankin al-jauzāʾ" (the shoulder of al-jauzā) and also "yad al-jauzā" (the hand of al-jauzā). The name "Betelgeuse" comes from the second...") |
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The Greeks did not give a name to either Betelgeuse or Rigel, surprisingly for such prominent stars, which is why we know them by their Arabic titles.|||Ian Ridpath (2018) "[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/orion2.html#betelgeuse Star Tales]"}}
{{Cquote|Experts trace the name back to the Arabic ''yad al-jawza'''. A transcription error, confusing the initial letters b and y (in Arabic, ba and ya) because of their similar shape, dates back to the 13th century when a star table by John of London named the star Bedalgeuze.||| Robert Lebling (2010) "[https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/201005/arabic.in.the.sky.htm Arabic in the Sky] Saudi Aramco World}}
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