emamajek on 03-May-2015 02:50:51 GMT about * ksi Per
Xi Per (HR 1228) currently has the alias "Menkhib" in SIMBAD. A more common spelling in recent astronomical literature is "Menkib", which should probably be included as an alias. Here are some references that listed proper names for this star:
(1) Ulugh Beg (1437) (in "Ulugh Beigh's Catalogue of Stars. Reprinted from Dr. T. Hyde's 1665 translation, as edited by Dr. G. Sharpe in 1767" on page 79 of Francis Baily (1843, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 13) ["Menkib Al Thuraja"].
(2) J. E. Bode (1801) "Uranographia" ["Menchib"].
(3) Richard Hinckley Allen (1899) "Star-names and their meanings" (G.E. Stechert, New York) ["is the Menkib of Burritt, from Mankib al Thurayya"]].
(4) William Tyler Olcott (1911) "Star Lore of All Ages" (G.P. Putnum's Sons, NY and London; republished as "Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts", Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY, USA 2004) ["Menkib"].
(5) Jack W. Rhoads (1971) "Technical Memorandum 33-507: A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars", Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA ["Menkib"].
(6) Dorris Hoffleit & Carlos Jaschek (1991) "The Bright Star Catalogue" (5th edition; Yale University Observatory, New Haven, CT, USA). ["Menkib", "Menkhib", "Menchib"].
(7) Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart (2006) "A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations" (2nd Revised Edition, Sky Publishing, Cambridge MA, USA) ["Menkib"].
The history of the name is discussed in Allen (1899) and Kunitzsch & Smart (2006).
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