Editing Beta Tauri (section)

==Nomenclature==
This star has two [[Bayer designation]]s: β Tauri (Latinised to Beta Tauri) and γ Aurigae (Latinised to Gamma Aurigae). [[Ptolemy]] considered the star to be shared by [[Auriga (constellation)|Auriga]], and [[Johann Bayer]] assigned it a designation in both constellations. When the modern constellation boundaries were fixed in 1930, the designation γ Aurigae largely dropped from use.<ref name=ridpath/>

The traditional name ''Elnath'', variously ''El Nath'' or ''Alnath'', comes from the Arabic word '''النطح''' ''an-naţħ'', meaning "the butting" (''i.e.'' the bull's horns). As in many other Arabic star names, the article '''ال''' is transliterated literally as ''el'', yet overwhelmingly in Arabic pronunciation it is assimilated to the ''n'', meaning it is omitted. In 2016, the [[International Astronomical Union]] organized a [[IAU Working Group on Star Names|Working Group on Star Names]] (WGSN)<ref name="WGSN"/> to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016<ref name="WGSN1"/> included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included ''Elnath'' for this star.<ref name="IAU-CSN"/>

In [[Chinese astronomy|Chinese]], {{lang|zh|五車}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Wǔ Chē}}), meaning ''[[Five Chariots]]'', refers to an asterism consisting of β Tauri, [[Iota Aurigae|ι Aurigae]], [[Capella]], [[Beta Aurigae|β Aurigae]] and [[Theta Aurigae|θ Aurigae]].<ref>{{in lang|zh}} ''中國星座神話'', written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, {{ISBN|978-986-7332-25-7}}.</ref> Consequently, the [[Chinese star names|Chinese name]] for β Tauri itself is {{lang|zh|五車五}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Wǔ Chē Wǔ}}; {{langx|en|Fifth of the Five Chariots}}.)<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstars_e_g.htm 香港太空館 - 研究資源 - 亮星中英對照表] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130063007/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstars_e_g.htm |date=2011-01-30 }}, Hong Kong Space Museum. Accessed on line November 23, 2010.</ref>