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Gamma Leonis-1 > Gamma Leonis-2 > Gamma Leonis-1 b  

Name[]

  • Gamma Leonis-1

Discovery date[]

  • Always been seen[1]

Discoverers[]

  • Known by the ancients[1]

Orbiter[]

  1. Gamma Leonis-1 b[2]

Characteristics[]

About the star[]

  • K-type star located at 126 light-years away from in the Leo constellation.[2]
  • Gamma Leonis-1 has about 180 times the Sun's luminosity.[1]
  • Gamma Leonis-1 is the primary star of a binary star system with Gamma Leonis-2 being the secondary.[1]
  • The binary system can be seen with the naked eye as a single dot, when the two stars can be told apart with a small amateur telescope.[1]

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