A star in the constellation Aries, also known as Rho Arietis, a bright star visible from Earth.
From Arabic 'al-butain,' meaning 'the small one' or 'the belly,' a name given to this star by medieval Arabic astronomers who mapped the night sky.
This star was named by Arabic astronomers over 1,000 years ago, and their naming system is still used in modern astronomy—it shows how much of our understanding of the cosmos comes from Islamic Golden Age scholars!
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