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Name[]
- Gamma Leonis-1
Discovery date[]
- Always been seen[1]
Discoverers[]
- Known by the ancients[1]
Orbiter[]
Characteristics[]
- Mass = 1.23 Solar mass[2]
- Radius = 31.88 Solar radius[2]
- Effective temperature = 4330 K[2]
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]