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    Rho Ursae Majoris (ρ UMa) is the Bayer designation for a solitary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is faintly visible...
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    (ι Piscium), and Theta (θ Piscium). Dubhe and Merak (Alpha and Beta Ursae Majoris), the two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper are often called...
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    Orionis B2Ib – 9 Cephei B3V – Eta Ursae Majoris B3V – Eta Aurigae B3Ia – Omicron2 Canis Majoris B5Ia – Eta Canis Majoris B8Ia – Rigel A-type stars are among...
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  • Suspected variable star 3.45 Lambda Ursae Majoris Star 3.45 Eta Ceti Star 3.466 Epsilon Gruis Star 3.47 3.41 Sigma Canis Majoris Star 3.47 Gamma Sagittae Star...
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  • Am star (redirect from Rho Puppis star)
    by tidal braking. The best-known metallic-line star is Sirius (α Canis Majoris). The following table lists some metallic-line stars in order of descending...
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    the 1940s, are Upsilon Orionis (B0 V), Eta Aurigae (B3 V), and Eta Ursae Majoris (B3 V). Besides these anchor standards, the seminal review of MK classification...
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    Eta Canis Majoris Alula Australis, Alula Borealis (al-Qafzat) ul-Ūla' the First (Leap) القفزة الأولى Xi Ursae Majoris and Nu Ursae Majoris Alya al-Alyah...
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  • MJ or 3.1 M🜨. The longest period of any confirmed exoplanet is 47 Ursae Majoris d, which takes 14002 days or 38.33 years to make one trip around the...
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  • Society of Southern Africa, 32: 11, Bibcode:1973MNSSA..32...11C. "★ CW Ursae Majoris". Barnes, J. R.; et al. (2019-06-11). "Frequency of planets orbiting...
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  • Double-Lined Spectroscopic Binaries. IX. HD 54371, HR 2692, and 16 Ursa Majoris", The Astronomical Journal, 149 (2): 13, Bibcode:2015AJ....149...63F, doi:10...
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    Located 3° northeast of Gamma is the VW Hydri, a dwarf nova of the SU Ursae Majoris type. It is a close binary system that consists of a white dwarf and...
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    "Fundamental properties and atmospheric structure of the red supergiant VY Canis Majoris based on VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometry". Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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    range of 0.6 magnitudes; its orbital period is 6.4 hours. It is a W Ursae Majoris variable that ranges in magnitude from a minimum of 7.1 to a maximum...
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  • 5750 23 Librae b 1.61 258.18 0.81 radial vel. 1999 85.46 1.07 5736 47 Ursae Majoris b 2.53 1078 2.1 radial vel. 1996 45.02 1.08 5892 Proper name Taphao...
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    its existence confirmed. It is a hot Jupiter with a 4.2-day orbit. 47 Ursae Majoris b: In 1996 this Jupiter-like planet was the first long-period planet...
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    Mskegwǒm, the den of the celestial bear (Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta Ursae Majoris). Polynesian peoples often recognized Corona Borealis; the people of...
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    into one of the traditional classes, with features of Beta Lyrae, W Ursae Majoris, and cataclysmic variables. It may be a representative of a very brief...
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    2007). "Long-Period Objects in the Extrasolar Planetary Systems 47 Ursae Majoris and 14 Herculis". The Astrophysical Journal. 654 (1): 625–632. arXiv:astro-ph/0609117...
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    standstills are seen, part way between maximum and minimum brightness. SU Ursae Majoris stars, which undergo both frequent small outbursts, and rarer but larger...
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  • 2007). "Long-Period Objects in the Extrasolar Planetary Systems 47 Ursae Majoris and 14 Herculis". The Astrophysical Journal. 654 (1): 625–632. arXiv:astro-ph/0609117...
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  • J21402931+1625183 b 20.95 0.92 7336.5 2075 imaging 2009 81.54 0.08 2300 4 Ursae Majoris b 7.1 269.3 0.87 radial vel. 2006 239.99 1.23 4415 6 Lyncis b 2.01 934...
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