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HD 128620 (Alpha Centauri A)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/HD_128620_(Alpha_Centauri_A)
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:star
gptkbp:age
5.3 billion years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude
-0.01
gptkbp:BayerDesignation
gptkb:Alpha_Centauri_A
gptkbp:catalogue
gptkb:Henry_Draper_Catalogue
gptkb:Hipparcos_Catalogue
gptkb:Bright_Star_Catalogue
gptkbp:catalogueNumber
gptkb:GJ_559_A
gptkb:HR_5459
gptkb:CD-60_5483
gptkb:HIP_71683
gptkb:SAO_252838
gptkbp:component
gptkb:Alpha_Centauri_binary
gptkbp:constellation
gptkb:Centaurus
gptkbp:declination
-60° 50′ 02.3737″
gptkbp:diameter
1.223 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredIn
prehistory
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth
4.37 light years
gptkbp:harvardDesignation
gptkb:HD_128620
gptkbp:hasCompanion
HD 128621 (Alpha Centauri B)
Proxima Centauri (Alpha Centauri C)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
HD 128620 (Alpha Centauri A)
gptkbp:luminosity
1.519 solar luminosities
gptkbp:mass
1.1 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity
+0.22 [Fe/H]
gptkbp:nearestStarSystemToSun
true
gptkbp:otherName
gptkb:Alpha_Centauri_A
gptkb:Rigil_Kentaurus
gptkbp:parallax
747.17 mas
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Alpha_Centauri_system
gptkbp:properMotionRA
+481.84 mas/yr
-3678.19 mas/yr
gptkbp:radialVelocity
-22.4 km/s
gptkbp:rightAscension
14h 39m 36.49400s
gptkbp:rotationPeriod
22 days
gptkbp:solarAnalog
true
gptkbp:spectralType
G2V
gptkbp:temperature
5790 K
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye
true
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:HD_128621_(B)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7