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Star in the constellation Ursa Major
15 Leonis Minoris is the
Flamsteed designation for a single
[13]
star in the northern
circumpolar constellation of
Ursa Major . It has an
apparent visual magnitude of 5.08,
[3] making it a fifth magnitude star that is visible to the naked eye. Based on
parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 61.7
light years from the
Sun . The star has been examined for an
infrared excess , but none was detected.
[14]
This star has a
stellar classification of G0 IV-V
[4] with an age of about 9.3 billion years,
[11] which suggests that it is an older
G-type main sequence star that may be evolving into a
subgiant as the hydrogen at its core runs out. The estimated mass of the star is 15% greater than the
Sun's mass ,
[8] and it is larger in girth than the Sun by +52%.
[9] It is spinning with a
projected rotational velocity of 4 km/s.
[10] The star is radiating almost three
[2] times the
luminosity of the Sun from its
photosphere at an
effective temperature of 5,859 K,
[4] giving it the yellow-hued glow of a
G-type star .
[15]
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