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Delta Librae
Binary star in the constellation Libra From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Delta Librae, Latinized from δ Librae, is a variable star in the constellation Libra. It has the traditional name Zuben Elakribi, a variant of the traditional name of Gamma Librae.[12] With μ Virginis it forms one of the Akkadian lunar mansions Mulu-izi[13](meaning "Man-of-fire"[14]).
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δ Librae is approximately 350 light years from the Earth and the primary, component A, belongs to the spectral class B9.5V, indicating it is a B-type main-sequence star. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.93[3] and is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −39 km/s.[7] This is an Algol-like eclipsing binary star system, with a period of 2.3274 days and an eccentricity of 0.07.[10] Its apparent magnitude varies from 4.91 to 5.90.[15] The secondary is filling its Roche lobe and there is evidence of large-scale mass transfer in the past, with the secondary being more evolved than the primary despite now being less massive.[10]
Along with λ Tauri, it was one of the first stars on which rotational line broadening was observed, by Frank Schlesinger in 1911.[16]
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