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EntityQ2983139· pop 13· linked from 52 articles

star in the constellation Ursa Minor

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
*
Spectral type
K4III
Distance
412 light-years
Redshift
z = -0.00005800711512671253
Coordinates
RA 229.2745° · Dec 71.8239°
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Wikidata facts

Named after
Q14061
Official name
Pherkad Minor
Constellation
Ursa Minor
Distance from Earth
119.5
Diameter
39200000
Radius
29.79
Mass
2.78
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spectral class
K0
radial velocity
-17.3906
catalog code
UBV M 20730
apparent magnitude
4.556678
effective temperature
4213
metallicity
-0.011
parallax
7.926
epoch
J2000.0
stellar rotational velocity
17
luminosity
268.85272
surface gravity
100
right ascension component of proper motion
3.73
declination component of proper motion
9.477
right ascension
229.27453943029997
declination
71.82390203802
age estimated by a dating method
1.56
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