(Beta Aurigae) The third brightest star in the constellation Auriga; its Arabic name (also written as Menkarlina) means 'the shoulder of the rein-holder.' Menkalinan lies just 0.5 arc-minute away from the solstitial colure, the great circle in the sky that passes through both ce... Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Menkalinan.html