Regulus

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
gptkbp:age ~150 million years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 1.35
gptkbp:arabicName gptkb:Qalb_al-Asad
gptkbp:BayerDesignation gptkb:α_Leo
gptkbp:canBeOccultedBy gptkb:Moon
planets
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:ADS_7801
gptkb:BD+12_2056
gptkb:FK5_374
gptkb:GC_13904
gptkb:HD_87901
gptkb:HIP_49669
gptkb:HR_3982
gptkb:SAO_98967
gptkb:WDS_J10244+1149
gptkbp:component gptkb:Regulus_A
gptkb:Regulus_B
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Leo
gptkbp:culturalSignificance one of the four Royal Stars of Persia
gptkbp:declination +11° 58′ 02″
gptkbp:diameter 3.1 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy known since antiquity
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 79 light years
gptkbp:eclipticProximity very close to the ecliptic
gptkbp:firstMagnitudeStar yes
gptkbp:hasExoplanet no known exoplanets
gptkbp:hasTraditionalName gptkb:Regulus
gptkbp:hasViewOf both hemispheres
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Regulus
gptkbp:IAUApprovedName gptkb:Regulus
gptkbp:luminosity 288 times solar
gptkbp:mass 3.8 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [Fe/H] = -0.52
gptkbp:nameMeaning little king
gptkbp:notableFor one of the brightest stars in the night sky
brightest star in Leo
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Alpha_Leonis
gptkbp:parallax 41.13 mas
gptkbp:platform binary star system
gptkbp:precessionalEffect position changes over millennia
gptkbp:primaryComponentType B-type main-sequence star
gptkbp:rightAscension 10h 08m 22.3s
gptkbp:rotationPeriod ~317 km/s
gptkbp:secondaryComponentType K2V star
gptkbp:spectralType B7V
gptkbp:temperature 12,460 K
gptkbp:tertiaryComponent gptkb:Regulus_C
gptkbp:tertiaryComponentType M4V star
gptkbp:variableStar no
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eclipse_(horse)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4