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The far left star in Orion's Belt, Alnitak, also known as Zeta Orionis, was a star with at least one inhabited planet. Around 2030, a famous novelist from that planet wrote a classic using the theme "Let me help", recommending those three words even over "I love you." Having traveled back to the year 1930, Captain James Kirk mentioned the classic and pointed this star out to Edith Keeler. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")

While Kirk only talked about one star, Alnitak is a triple star. Its name was not explicitly mentioned, since Kirk simply pointed to the system and noted its location in the constellation. While we know which star he must have meant, it wasn't clear which nomenclature might be more commonly used, the older usage Alnitak or the constellation catalog name, Zeta Orionis.

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