| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:star 
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                                | gptkbp:apparentMagnitude | 0.97 -3.55
 
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                                | gptkbp:catalogueNumber | gptkb:ADS_8816 gptkb:BD-10_3672
 gptkb:FK5_494
 gptkb:GC_18130
 gptkb:HD_116658
 gptkb:HIP_65474
 gptkb:HR_5056
 gptkb:SAO_157923
 gptkb:WDS_J13252-1109
 
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                                | gptkbp:colorIndexB-V | -0.23 -0.93
 
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                                | gptkbp:constellation | gptkb:Virgo 
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                                | gptkbp:culturalSignificance | important in ancient Greek and Roman mythology associated with the goddess of wheat and agriculture
 
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                                | gptkbp:declination | -11° 09′ 40.75″ 
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                                | gptkbp:diameter | 3.64 solar radii (secondary) 7.47 solar radii (primary)
 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveredBy | known since antiquity 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveryEpoch | prehistory 
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                                | gptkbp:distanceFromEarth | 250 light years 
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                                | gptkbp:eclipticProximity | close to the ecliptic 
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                                | gptkbp:luminosity | 1,500 times Sun (secondary) 12,100 times Sun (primary)
 
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                                | gptkbp:mass | 10.25 solar masses (primary) 7.0 solar masses (secondary)
 
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                                | gptkbp:metallicity | -0.23 [Fe/H] 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | brightest star in Virgo one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky
 
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                                | gptkbp:orbitType | 4.0145 days 
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                                | gptkbp:otherName | gptkb:Alpha_Virginis 
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                                | gptkbp:parallax | 12.44 mas 
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                                | gptkbp:properMotionRA | -31.73 mas/yr -42.36 mas/yr
 
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                                | gptkbp:radialVelocity | -1.1 km/s 
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                                | gptkbp:rightAscension | 13h 25m 11.579s 
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                                | gptkbp:rotationPeriod | 199 km/s (primary) 87 km/s (secondary)
 
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                                | gptkbp:spectralType | B1 III-IV + B2 V 
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                                | gptkbp:stellarSystemType | gptkb:binary_star_system 
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                                | gptkbp:temperature | 18,500 K (secondary) 22,400 K (primary)
 
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                                | gptkbp:usedIn | gptkb:navigation gptkb:astrology
 
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                                | gptkbp:variableType | gptkb:Beta_Cephei_variable 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Yoko_Kanno gptkb:Beta_Cephei_variable
 gptkb:TSM
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Spica 
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