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What is Polaris
History
Characteristics
Statistics
Facts
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North Star
What is another name for Polaris?
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1780
What year was Polaris discovered?
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F Class Supergiant
What is the star type of Polaris?
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430 light years
What is Polaris distance from Earth?
100
The little dipper
What star formation is Polaris part of?
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Ursa Minor
What constellation is Polaris found in?
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William Herschel
Who discovered Polaris?
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4.5 x Sun
What is the mass of Polaris?
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133
What is Polaris distance from Earth in parsecs?
200
Polaris
What is the only fixed point in the sky?
300
Three
How many stars make up Polaris?
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It is unknown
What is the age of Polaris?
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2,500 x Sun
What is the luminosity of Polaris?
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119 days
What is the rotation period of Polaris?
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Around 500 years
In how many years will Polaris no longer be our North star?
400
The North
What pole is Polaris close to?
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AD 500
When did Polaris become the North Star?
400
44 million miles (70 million km) - 50 x Sun
What is the diameter of Polaris?
400
50th
What is Polaris ranked in brightness in our sky?
400
interstellar distances
What do Cepheid variable stars calculate?
500
Polaris A
Which star of the three do we see with the naked eye?
500
Thuban
What is the name of the star that was the North Star in 3000 BC?
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5,700C (10,300F)
What is the temperature of Polaris?
500
The southern hemisphere
Where can Polaris not be seen?
500
Stellar precession
What is it called when the place in the sky that the Earth's north pole points at changes slowly over time?