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[[File:Orion constellation.jpg|thumb|Mintaka, the right most star in [[Orion's Belt]].]]
 
[[File:Orion constellation.jpg|thumb|Mintaka, the right most star in [[Orion's Belt]].]]
'''Mintaka''' (also called '''Delta Orionis''') is a [[binary star system]] that makes up the first [[star]] in [[Orion's Belt]], and the primary of the [[Mintaka system]]. ({{TNG|Who Watches The Watchers}})
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'''Mintaka''' (also called '''Delta Orionis''') was a [[quaternary star system]] that makes up the first [[star]] in [[Orion's Belt]], and the primary of the [[Mintaka system]]. ({{TNG|Who Watches The Watchers}})
:''Mintaka's name is derived from an Arabic phrase meaning "belt of the Central One", referring to Mintaka's place as the western star of Orion's Belt.''
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Revision as of 14:30, 13 October 2011

Orion constellation

Mintaka, the right most star in Orion's Belt.

Mintaka (also called Delta Orionis) was a quaternary star system that makes up the first star in Orion's Belt, and the primary of the Mintaka system. (TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers")

Mintaka's name is derived from an Arabic phrase meaning "belt of the Central One", referring to Mintaka's place as the western star of Orion's Belt.

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