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Xi2 Canis Majoris

Star in the constellation Canis Major From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Xi2 Canis Majoris is an astrometric binary[4] star system in the southern constellation of Canis Major. Its name is Latinized from ξ2 Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Xi2 CMa or ξ2 CMa. With an apparent visual magnitude of +4.54,[2] it is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 8.03 mas,[1] the system is approximately 410 light years distant from Earth. It is receding with a radial velocity of +22 km/s.[1]

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The binary nature of this system was determined based on changes in the proper motion of the visible component.[11] W. Buscombe (1962) gave the white-hued primary a stellar classification of A0 V,[3] indicating it is an A-type main-sequence star. However, N. Houk and M. Smith-Moore (1978) list it with a class of A0 III,[5] which would match a more evolved giant star, also of the A-type. It is 339[6] million years old with a high rate of spin, having a projected rotational velocity of 145 km/s. This is giving the star an equatorial bulge that is about 12% wider than the polar diameter.[9] The star has four[7] times the mass of the Sun and six times the Sun's girth. It is radiating 247 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,381 K.[8]

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