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    Tau Ursae Majoris (τ UMa) is the Bayer designation for a binary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is visible to the naked...
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    more likely derived from Alrucaba or Rucaba, a name applied to Theta Ursae Majoris.: 58  In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working...
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    presence of the nearby eccentric giant planet. 51 Pegasi b Tau Boötis b 55 Cancri b 47 Ursae Majoris b Upsilon Andromedae b List of exoplanets discovered before...
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    EQ Tauri (redirect from EQ Tau)
    is a shallow contact binary system, belonging to sub-type A of the W Ursae Majoris class. It has an orbital period of 8.1924 hours and a semimajor axis...
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  • Epsilon Tauri b (redirect from Eps Tau b)
    Tauri every 645 days, or nearly 2 years with an eccentricity of 0.15. 4 Ursae Majoris b Epsilon Eridani b Epsilon Reticuli Ab The planet Amateru is mentioned...
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    years and can be used to define the system, are considered to be 78 Ursae Majoris (F2 V) and Pi3 Orionis (F6 V). In addition to those two standards, Morgan...
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    (ι Piscium), and Theta (θ Piscium). Dubhe and Merak (Alpha and Beta Ursae Majoris), the two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper are often called...
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    unchanged over years, are Chara (G0V), the Sun (G2V), Kappa1 Ceti (G5V), 61 Ursae Majoris (G8V). Other primary MK standard stars include HD 115043 (G1V) and 16...
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  • U Pegasi (category W Ursae Majoris variables)
    luminosities and radii. It was determined to be a variable of the W Ursae Majoris type, and in 1945 the orbital period was shown to vary over time. This...
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    Group is one example of a stellar association. (Except for α Ursae Majoris and η Ursae Majoris, all the stars in the Plough/Big Dipper are part of that group...
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    asterism consisting of Alpha Draconis, Kappa Draconis, Lambda Draconis, 24 Ursae Majoris, 43 Camelopardalis, Alpha Camelopardalis and BK Camelopardalis. Consequently...
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  • Suspected variable star 3.45 Lambda Ursae Majoris Star 3.45 Eta Ceti Star 3.466 Epsilon Gruis Star 3.47 3.41 Sigma Canis Majoris Star 3.47 Gamma Sagittae Star...
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  • Gliese 412 (redirect from WX Ursae Majoris)
    Way galaxy. The secondary is a flare star that is referred to as WX Ursae Majoris. It is characterized as a UV Ceti-type variable star that displays infrequent...
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    EU Tauri (redirect from EU Tau)
    variable. It was initially classified as an eclipsing binary of the W Ursae Majoris type by F. B. Wood and associates in 1963, based on observations by...
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    ˈmeɪdʒər/ UMa UMaj Ursae Majoris /ˌɜːrsiː məˈdʒɒrɪs/ ancient (Ptolemy) great bear ε Ursae Majoris Ursa Minor /ˌɜːrsə ˈmaɪnər/ UMi UMin Ursae Minoris /ˌɜːrsiː...
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    Eta Canis Majoris Alula Australis, Alula Borealis (al-Qafzat) ul-Ūla' the First (Leap) القفزة الأولى Xi Ursae Majoris and Nu Ursae Majoris Alya al-Alyah...
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    Richard A. Proctor, who noticed that, except for Dubhe and Alkaid (Eta Ursae Majoris), the stars of the Big Dipper asterism all have proper motions heading...
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    Image. Beta Comae Berenices at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography - Image. 61 Ursae Majoris at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography - Image. HR 511 at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography...
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    or "clear star". In the Marquesas Islands, Arcturus was probably called Tau-tou and was the star that ruled the month approximating January. The Māori...
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    Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-21. "bet Tau". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-21...
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  • MJ or 3.1 M🜨. The longest period of any confirmed exoplanet is 47 Ursae Majoris d, which takes 14002 days or 38.33 years to make one trip around the...
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  • (2010). "A Bayesian periodogram finds evidence for three planets in 47 Ursae Majoris". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 403 (2): 731–747...
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  • 1997). "Solar-type stars with planetary companions: 51 Pegasi and 47 Ursae Majoris". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 326: 1081–1089. Bibcode:1997A&A...326...
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    Retrieved 19 December 2021. Cameron Eclipse movies showing spots in XY Ursae Majoris binary Matranga, M., Drake, J.J., Kashyap, V.L., Marengo, M., & Kuchner...
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    This distinguishes them from the so-called beta Lyrae variables and W Ursae Majoris variables, where the two components are so close that gravitational...
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  • 30 Tau 31 Tau ν Tau 40 Tau 45 Tau 46 Tau μ Tau 47 Tau 48 Tau 58 Tau 63 Tau 64 Tau θ1 Tau 46 Tau HIP 21029 HIP 21053 85 Tau 附耳 (Fù Ěr, Whisper) σ1 Tau 89...
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  • Double-Lined Spectroscopic Binaries. IX. HD 54371, HR 2692, and 16 Ursa Majoris", The Astronomical Journal, 149 (2): 13, Bibcode:2015AJ....149...63F, doi:10...
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    range of 0.6 magnitudes; its orbital period is 6.4 hours. It is a W Ursae Majoris variable that ranges in magnitude from a minimum of 7.1 to a maximum...
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    airport has multiple roads named after NASA astronauts. The star Iota Ursae Majoris was nicknamed "Dnoces" ("Second", as in "Edward Higgins White the Second"...
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  • Tongue translates as "Home-of-the-Kzinti" or "Kzinhome". It orbits 61 Ursae Majoris and has higher gravity than Earth and more oxygen in the atmosphere...
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