Alpha Leporis is the star's
Bayer designation. The traditional name Arneb comes from the Arabic أرنب’arnab 'hare'[13] ('Lepus' is
Latin for
hare). In 2016, the
International Astronomical Union organized a
Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[14] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016[15] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Arneb for this star.
Alpha Leporis is an older, dying star that may have already passed through a
supergiant phase and is now contracting and heating up in the latter phases of
stellar evolution, or perhaps is still expanding into the supergiant phase. Based upon its estimated mass, it is expected to end its life in a spectacular stellar explosion known as a
supernova. However, this is not expected to happen for another million years. [6]
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abcGutierrez-Moreno, Adelina; et al. (1966), "A System of photometric standards", Publications of the Department of Astronomy University of Chile, 1, Publicaciones Universidad de Chile, Department de Astronomy: 1–17,
Bibcode:
1966PDAUC...1....1G
^
abGray, R. O.; Napier, M. G.; Winkler, L. I. (April 2001), "The Physical Basis of Luminosity Classification in the Late A-, F-, and Early G-Type Stars. I. Precise Spectral Types for 372 Stars", The Astronomical Journal, 121 (4): 2148–2158,
Bibcode:
2001AJ....121.2148G,
doi:10.1086/319956
^Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966), "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities", in Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick (eds.), Determination of Radial Velocities and their Applications, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 30, vol. 30, University of Toronto:
International Astronomical Union, p. 57,
Bibcode:
1967IAUS...30...57E
^Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.
ISBN978-1-931559-44-7.