Pollux (star)

E516775

exoplanet orange giant star star

Pollux (star) is an orange giant and the brightest star in the constellation Gemini, located about 34 light-years from Earth and known to host at least one exoplanet.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pollux	1
Pollux b	0

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exoplanet ⓘ orange giant star ⓘ star ⓘ
age_gyr	0.7 ⓘ 0.9 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV	1.14 ⓘ
BayerDesignation	β Geminorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo	Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorIndex_BV	1.00 ⓘ
constellation	Gemini NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreFusion	helium-core burning ⓘ
declination	+28° 01′ 34.3″ ⓘ
discoveryMethod	radial velocity ⓘ
discoveryYear	2006 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly	34 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_parsec	10.3 ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K	4865 ⓘ
evolutionaryStage	red clump giant ⓘ
FlamsteedDesignation	78 Geminorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
galacticPopulation	thin disk ⓘ
hasExoplanet	Pollux b NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGreekLetterDesignation	β in Gemini ⓘ
hasRadialVelocityPlanet	Pollux b NERFINISHED ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility	northern hemisphere ⓘ
hostStar	Pollux NERFINISHED ⓘ
IAUName	Pollux NERFINISHED ⓘ
isBrighterThan	Castor NERFINISHED ⓘ
isBrightestStarOf	Gemini NERFINISHED ⓘ
isComponentOf	Gemini constellation asterism NERFINISHED ⓘ
luminosity_solar	43 ⓘ
mass_solar	1.9 ⓘ
metallicity_Fe_H	+0.08 ⓘ
minimumMass_Jupiter	2.3 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days	590 ⓘ
otherName	Beta Geminorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
parallax_mas	96.54 ⓘ
properMotionDec_mas_yr	-45.9 ⓘ
properMotionRA_mas_yr	-625.9 ⓘ
radialVelocity_km_s	3.23 ⓘ
radius_solar	8.8 ⓘ
rightAscension	07h 45m 18.95s ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_AU	1.64 ⓘ
spectralType	K0III ⓘ
surfaceGravity_logg	2.9 ⓘ
variableType	suspected variable star ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye	true ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Pollux → associatedAstronomicalObject → Pollux (star) ⓘ

Gemini → hasMainStar → Pollux (star) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pollux