Along withZeta Aurigae it represents one of the kids of the she-goatCapella, from which it derived itsLatin traditional nameHaedus II orHoedus II, from the Latinhaedus "kid" (Zeta Aurigae was Haedus I). It also had the less common traditional nameMahasim, from theArabic المِعْصَمal-miʽşam "the wrist" (of the charioteer), which it shared withTheta Aurigae. In 2016, the IAU organized aWorking Group on Star Names (WGSN)[12] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the namesHaedus for Eta Aurigae andSaclateni for Zeta Aurigae A on 30 June 2017 and they are both now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[11]
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