They are separated by 0.24° on the sky, which is far enough apart to be individually resolved with the naked eye.[1] The two stars are not physically associated with each other,[2] and thus only form an optical pair. ω Scorpii also has the traditional name Jabhat al Akrab,[2] which is derived from theArabic جبهة العقربjabhat[u] al-caqrab meaning "[The] forehead of the scorpion". For the Chinese, the pair were known asKow Kin, meaning a Hook and Latch.[3]
^Ferreira, Lucas (June 2009), "Double Stars in Scorpius",Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa,68 (5 and 6):119–122,Bibcode:2009MNSSA..68..119F.
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