Plaskett’s Star
E545073
Plaskett’s Star is a massive, highly luminous spectroscopic binary system composed of two very hot O-type stars, notable as one of the most massive known binary star systems in the Milky Way.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plaskett’s Star canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5775499 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plaskett’s Star Context triple: [Monoceros, contains, Plaskett’s Star]
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A.
Zeta Tucanae
Zeta Tucanae is a main-sequence F-type star located in the southern constellation Tucana, visible to the naked eye from dark-sky locations.
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B.
Sigma Sagittarii
Sigma Sagittarii is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Sagittarius, marking one of the prominent points of the Teapot asterism.
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C.
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to the Solar System, consisting of a triple-star arrangement that includes the Sun-like stars Alpha Centauri A and B and the red dwarf Proxima Centauri.
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D.
Zeta Sagittarii
Zeta Sagittarii is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Sagittarius, forming part of the asterism known as the Teapot.
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E.
Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae is a highly luminous and unstable massive stellar system in the constellation Carina, famous for its 19th-century "Great Eruption" and its surrounding Homunculus Nebula.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plaskett’s Star Target entity description: Plaskett’s Star is a massive, highly luminous spectroscopic binary system composed of two very hot O-type stars, notable as one of the most massive known binary star systems in the Milky Way.
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A.
Zeta Tucanae
Zeta Tucanae is a main-sequence F-type star located in the southern constellation Tucana, visible to the naked eye from dark-sky locations.
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B.
Sigma Sagittarii
Sigma Sagittarii is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Sagittarius, marking one of the prominent points of the Teapot asterism.
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C.
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to the Solar System, consisting of a triple-star arrangement that includes the Sun-like stars Alpha Centauri A and B and the red dwarf Proxima Centauri.
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D.
Zeta Sagittarii
Zeta Sagittarii is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Sagittarius, forming part of the asterism known as the Teapot.
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E.
Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae is a highly luminous and unstable massive stellar system in the constellation Carina, famous for its 19th-century "Great Eruption" and its surrounding Homunculus Nebula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
O-type star binary
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massive O-type star ⓘ massive binary star system ⓘ spectroscopic binary star system ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Monoceros OB association (approximate large-scale grouping) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
BD+06 1309
NERFINISHED
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HD 47129 NERFINISHED ⓘ HIP 31625 NERFINISHED ⓘ HR 2422 NERFINISHED ⓘ SAO 114010 NERFINISHED ⓘ V640 Monocerotis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | 6.06 ⓘ |
| hasColorIndexBminusV | approximately 0.0 to +0.1 (heavily reddened O-type) ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Plaskett’s Star A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plaskett’s Star B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | +06° 08′ (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasDiscoverer | John Stanley Plaskett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryDate | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryMethod | spectroscopic observation ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth |
about 1.6 kiloparsecs
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about 5200 light-years ⓘ |
| hasEffectiveTemperature | over 30,000 K (each component, order of magnitude) ⓘ |
| hasEvolutionaryStatus | massive, evolved O-type stars ⓘ |
| hasGalacticPopulation | Population I ⓘ |
| hasLuminosity | several hundred thousand times solar luminosity (order of magnitude) ⓘ |
| hasMass |
about 50 solar masses (order of magnitude)
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total system mass over 100 solar masses (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalEccentricity | low (nearly circular orbit) ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalPeriod | about 14.4 days ⓘ |
| hasPhotometricVariabilityCause | ellipsoidal variations and wind effects ⓘ |
| hasPotentialFuture | likely core-collapse supernovae of components ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | approximately +30 km/s (order of magnitude, variable) ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 06h 37m (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType |
O7.5 III (secondary component, approximate)
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O8 I (primary component, approximate) ⓘ |
| hasSpectroscopicBinaryType | double-lined spectroscopic binary ⓘ |
| hasStellarWind | strong ⓘ |
| hasStellarWindInteraction | colliding winds between components ⓘ |
| hasVariableStarDesignation | V640 Mon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasXRayEmission | yes, from colliding winds ⓘ |
| isAmong | most massive known binary star systems in the Milky Way ⓘ |
| isVariableStar | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
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constellation Monoceros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Stanley Plaskett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (1)
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