61 Ursae Majoris

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61 Ursae Majoris
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 11h 41m 03.01594s[1]
Declination +34° 12′ 05.8824″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.35[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence[3]
Spectral type G8V[4]
U−B color index +0.27[5]
B−V color index +0.69[5]
Variable type Suspected
Distance
31.24 ± 0.04 ly
(9.58 ± 0.01 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.53±0.006[7]
Details
Gyr
LTT 13200[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

61 Ursae Majoris, abbreviated 61 UMa, is a single

″ yr−1.[14]

The

During the 1950s, Karl Pilowski reported that photographic plates taken of the star appeared to show a variability of 0.2 in magnitude. Follow-up studies initially failed to confirm this variability, and it was found not to be an

VATT,[19] and the star has been detected as a source of X-ray emission.[20]

No

angular separation of 158.90″ from the brighter star, along a position angle of 86°.[21]

In popular culture

In the science fiction of Larry Niven's Known Space universe, the homeworld of the major race the Kzinti is the third planet in orbit around 61 Ursae Majoris.[22]

In the Star Trek universe, Archer IV is the fourth planet around 61 Ursae Majoris.[23]

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