It bore the traditional name Skat (also rendered Scheat, Seat, Sheat, etc., which was erroneously applied to Beta Pegasi in late medieval times), from the Arabic الساق al-sāq "shin".[18]
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[19] to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Skat for this star on 21 August 2016, and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[16]
Delta Aquarii does not display a strong signal of excess infrared emission that might indicate the presence of circumstellar matter.[23] Delta Aquarii is a probable stream star member of the Ursa Major Moving Group,[24] which has an estimated age of 500 million years.[25]
An analysis of Hipparcos data strongly suggested a close companion object. An orbit was derived with a 483-day period, an eccentricity of 0.12, and an inclination of 41°. When Delta Aquarii was first examined for the companion, it could not be seen. Any possible companion beyond 100 au was constrained to be less than 0.07 M☉.[14]Infraredinterferometric observations did then find a companion, a likely G5 main sequence star around 2 au from the primary.[8]
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