Heze
- HIP
- 66249
- Designation
- 79 Zet Vir
- Bayer designation
- ζ Vir
- Visual magnitude
- 3.38
- Constellation
- Maiden
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2018-06-01
The dictionary could not derive this name
The authors placed it in the Becvar appendix, the list of forms whose origin they could not establish. A reading that leans on what this name means has no philological support, because the meaning has not been established.
The IAU catalogue's account
Name of unknown etymology from the "Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso" of Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář (1901-1965). It could refer to God, possibly derived from Ezechiel (one of four prophets from Old Testament). Transcription to the Greek language adds "H" to EZE.
- Source language
- Greco-Hebrew
- Reference
- Bečvář, A. (1948) Atlas coeli Skalnaté Pleso. Praha: Přírodověcké Vydavatelství
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.
- Паруса → Ворон → ДеваВедомые Духом → Окончательный суд → Дева Израиля
Other named stars of this constellation: