Mintaka (also known as Delta Orionis) was a multiple star system in the space of the galaxy's Beta Quadrant. It was visible from Earth in the Orion constellation. (ST reference: Star Charts; ST reference: StarTrek.com)
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The system's primary star was known as the Mintaka Sun. (ST video game: Infinite)
The system's third planet, Mintaka III, was inhabited by the primitive Mintakan proto-Vulcan civilization. (ST video game: Infinite)
Ronoxoline-D was discovered on the fourth planet, Delta Orionis IV. (ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual)
The eighth planet, Delta Orionis VIII, was also known to support life. (TOS novel: Doctor's Orders)
- The Mintaka Sun system has a chance of being randomly generated (not necessarily as a multiple star) outside of player characters' territories in each campaign of ST video game: Infinite.
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- Mintaka article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Mintaka article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.