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Who originally named the star rigel?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The name is of Arabic origin, the star's name comes from its location at the "left foot" of Orion. It is a contraction of Riǧl Ǧawza al-Yusra, this being Arabic for "Left Foot of the Central One".

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