Rho³ Arietis (Rho³ Ari, ρ³ Arietis, ρ³ Ari) is the

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for a

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in the northern

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. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.63. Based upon an annual

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shift of 28.29

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, this star is located at a distance of approximately from Earth. This is an

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system. The visible component is an F-type main sequence star with a

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of F6 V. It is around 2.4 billion years old and has a high abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium when compared to the Sun.

Name

This star, along with δ Ari, ε Ari, ζ Ari, and π Ari, were Al Bīrūnī's ''Al Buṭain'' (ألبطين), the dual of ''Al Baṭn'', the Belly. According to the catalogue of stars in the ''Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars'', ''Al Buṭain'' were the title for five stars : δ Ari as ''Botein'', π Ari as ''Al Buṭain I'', ρ³ Ari as ''Al Buṭain II'', ε Ari as ''Al Buṭain III'' dan ζ Ari as ''Al Buṭain IV''Jack W. Rhoads - ''Technical Memorandum 33-507-A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars'', Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; November 15, 1971
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HR 869
in the

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Image Rho³ Arietis
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