Difference between revisions of "Alpha Centauri"
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===Celestial Information=== | ===Celestial Information=== | ||
*''Name, meaning and Constellation:'' Alpha Centauri, Centaurus. | *''Name, meaning and Constellation:'' Alpha Centauri, Centaurus. | ||
| − | *''Other name(s) and meaning:'' Rigel Kentaurus, Toliman | + | *''Other name(s) and meaning:'' Rigil Kentaurus, Rigel Kentaurus, Toliman(either coming from the Arabic Al-Thalimain meaning ''Ostriches'' or the Hebrew meaning ''The Heretofore and the Hereafter'' and/or ''Shoot of the Vine''), Rigil Kentaurus, Rigil Kent(short form of Rigil Kentaurus, Toliman, Bungula(possibly a derived form of ungula, Latin for ''hoof''), Nánmén'èr 南門二 (Chinese for ''Second Star of the Southern Gate''). |
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*''Distance from Sol:'' 4.394 ly, 1.347 pc | *''Distance from Sol:'' 4.394 ly, 1.347 pc | ||
*''Type of System:'' Trinary | *''Type of System:'' Trinary | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 13 January 2008
Celestial Information
- Name, meaning and Constellation: Alpha Centauri, Centaurus.
- Other name(s) and meaning: Rigil Kentaurus, Rigel Kentaurus, Toliman(either coming from the Arabic Al-Thalimain meaning Ostriches or the Hebrew meaning The Heretofore and the Hereafter and/or Shoot of the Vine), Rigil Kentaurus, Rigil Kent(short form of Rigil Kentaurus, Toliman, Bungula(possibly a derived form of ungula, Latin for hoof), Nánmén'èr 南門二 (Chinese for Second Star of the Southern Gate).
- Distance from Sol: 4.394 ly, 1.347 pc
- Type of System: Trinary
- Spectral Class: G2-Yellow Main Sequence, K1-Orange Main Sequence, M5.5e-Red Dwarf
- Right Ascension: 14h 39m 36.459s
- Declination: -60° 50' 2.308"
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