Fuyue
- HIP
- 87261
- Designation
- HIP 87261
- Bayer designation
- G Sco
- Visual magnitude
- 3.19
- Constellation
- Scorpion
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-06-30
The IAU catalogue's account
traditional Chinese single star asterism: a legendary wise minister of the Yin or Shang dynasty, 18th century BCE. According to Rufus and Tien (1945), sometimes called the invocator (regarding faults). Sun and Kistemaker (1997) quote Sima Qian that Fu Yue was a chancellor of Emperor Wu Ding of the Yin dynasty but they admit that the could also represent a shaman in the royal harem helping to produce sons. The ancient star name is typically identified with the bright star G Sco.
- Source language
- Chinese
- Reference
- Shi shi xingjing (Star Catalogue of the Shi Shi)
Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.
Corpus chains passing through this star. Deviation is the cross-track angular distance of the third star from the great-circle plane.
- Большая Медведица → Змееносец → СкорпионБольшое стадо - Церковь → Пастырь-Победитель → Жало греха
Other named stars of this constellation: