Surface temperature 4,822 K Radius 9.744 million km (14 R☉) Apparent magnitude (V) 3.91 | Magnitude 3.91 Constellation Libra | |
Mass 4.276 × 10^30 kg (2.15 M☉) Similar Beta Librae, Alpha Librae, Delta Tauri, Eta Virginis, Delta Scorpii | ||
Gamma Librae (γ Lib, γ Librae), or Zuben-el-Akrab, is a star in the constellation Libra.
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Name
Gamma Librae has the traditional name Zuben-el-Akrab (also rendered Zuben (el) Hakrabi and corrupted as Zuben Hakraki). The name is a modification of the Arabic زبانى العقرب Zuban al-ʿAqrab "the claws of the scorpion", a name that dates to before Libra was a distinct constellation from Scorpius.
Properties
Gamma Librae belongs to the spectral class K0III, and is of the fourth-magnitude, having apparent magnitude +3.91. It is approximately 152 light-years (47 parsecs) from the Earth. This star has 2.15 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating around 71 times the luminosity of the Sun at an effective temperature of 4,822 K.
References
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