Mintaka

star

Also known as: Delta Orionis

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Mintaka is a star located in the constellation Orion. It is part of Orion's belt, along with Alnitak and Alnilam. Bellatrix, another star in Orion, is sometimes referred to as the Amazon Star, while Mintaka is part of the Orion OB1 Association, a group of massive stars less than 10 million years old.12

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…rijl al-Jawzah, “Leg of Orion,” Mintaka, the “Belt,” and Saiph, the “Sword,” all follow the Ptolemaic figure; Betelgeuse, from yad al-Jawzah, is an alternative non-Ptolemaic description meaning “hand of Orion”; and Bellatrix, meaning “Female Warrior,” either is a free Latin translation of an independent Arabic title, al-najid, “the conqueror,” or…
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…rijl al-Jawzah, “Leg of Orion,” Mintaka, the “Belt,” and Saiph, the “Sword,” all follow the Ptolemaic figure; Betelgeuse, from yad al-Jawzah, is an alternative non-Ptolemaic description meaning “hand of Orion”; and Bellatrix, meaning “Female Warrior,” either is a free Latin translation of an independent Arabic title, al-najid, “the conqueror,” or…
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