Zeta Virginis
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Zeta Virginis (ζ Vir / ζ Virginis) is a star in the constellation Virgo. It also has the traditional name Heze, which is not often used and of unclear origin.
The star is known as Jiao Xiu 2 (角宿二) in Chinese constellation.
ζ Virginis is a white main sequence dwarf star of apparent magnitude 3.37 and spectral class A3V about 74 light years from Earth. It has a luminosity 18 times that of the sun with a surface temperature of 8400 kelvins. Its mass is just under 2 solar masses.
The star has an unusually fast rotation period of less than 0.5 days.
External links
- [Bright Star Catalogue]
- http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/heze.html
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