Denebola

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Denebola is a bright white main-sequence star in the constellation Leo, notable as one of its primary corner stars and for possessing a surrounding debris disk.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Denebola canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
main-sequence star ⓘ
star in the constellation Leo ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV 1.92 ⓘ
age_Myr about 400 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 2.14 ⓘ
BayerDesignation Beta Leonis ⓘ
belongsToMovingGroup Ursa Major moving group (possible member) ⓘ
catalog Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
color white ⓘ
constellation Leo ⓘ
debrisDiskDiscoveryMethod infrared observations ⓘ
debrisDiskType cold debris disk ⓘ
declination +14°34′19″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly about 36 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc about 11 parsecs ⓘ
eclipticProximity lies near the ecliptic ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K about 8500 K ⓘ
FlamsteedDesignation 94 Leonis ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasDebrisDisk true ⓘ
HDNumber HD 102647 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility best seen from the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
HIPNumber HIP 57646 ⓘ
HRNumber HR 4534 ⓘ
infraredExcess detected ⓘ
luminosity_solar about 15 ⓘ
mass_solar about 1.8 ⓘ
metallicity_FeH slightly sub-solar ⓘ
nameOrigin derived from Arabic "danab al-asad" meaning "tail of the lion" ⓘ
neighboringBrightStarsInLeo Algieba ⓘ
Regulus ⓘ
parallax_mas about 90 ⓘ
positionInConstellation tail of Leo ⓘ
properName Denebola ⓘ
radius_solar about 1.7 ⓘ
rightAscension 11h49m03s ⓘ
roleInAsterism forms one of the main corner stars of the constellation Leo ⓘ
rotationalVelocity_km_s about 128 ⓘ
SIMBADIdentifier Bet Leo ⓘ
spectralClass A3V ⓘ
usedFor celestial navigation ⓘ
studies of debris disks around main-sequence stars ⓘ
variableStarStatus suspected variable ⓘ
visibility visible to the naked eye ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leo → containsNotableStar → Denebola ⓘ
Denebola → properName → Denebola ⓘ