Denebola

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Denebola is a bright white main-sequence star in the constellation Leo, notable as one of its primary corner stars and for possessing a surrounding debris disk.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Denebola canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
main-sequence star
star in the constellation Leo
absoluteMagnitudeV 1.92
age_Myr about 400
apparentMagnitudeV 2.14
BayerDesignation Beta Leonis
belongsToMovingGroup Ursa Major moving group (possible member)
catalog Bright Star Catalogue
Henry Draper Catalogue
Hipparcos Catalogue
color white
constellation Leo
debrisDiskDiscoveryMethod infrared observations
debrisDiskType cold debris disk
declination +14°34′19″
distanceFromEarth_ly about 36 light-years
distanceFromEarth_pc about 11 parsecs
eclipticProximity lies near the ecliptic
effectiveTemperature_K about 8500 K
FlamsteedDesignation 94 Leonis
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasDebrisDisk true
HDNumber HD 102647
hemisphereVisibility best seen from the Northern Hemisphere
HIPNumber HIP 57646
HRNumber HR 4534
infraredExcess detected
luminosity_solar about 15
mass_solar about 1.8
metallicity_FeH slightly sub-solar
nameOrigin derived from Arabic "danab al-asad" meaning "tail of the lion"
neighboringBrightStarsInLeo Algieba
Regulus
parallax_mas about 90
positionInConstellation tail of Leo
properName Denebola
radius_solar about 1.7
rightAscension 11h49m03s
roleInAsterism forms one of the main corner stars of the constellation Leo
rotationalVelocity_km_s about 128
SIMBADIdentifier Bet Leo
spectralClass A3V
usedFor celestial navigation
studies of debris disks around main-sequence stars
variableStarStatus suspected variable
visibility visible to the naked eye

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leo containsNotableStar Denebola
Denebola properName Denebola