Procyon (star)
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| Procyon A | |
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| Spectral | F5 IV-V |
| Type | Main Sequence (Subgiant) |
| Multiple | Binary |
| Luminosity | 6.93 LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | 2.66 |
| Mag Terra | 0.34 |
| Temperature | 6530° K |
| Mass | 1.5 MSol |
| Radius | 2.05 RSol |
| Procyon B | |
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| Spectral | DQZ |
| Type | White Dwarf (Degenerate Dwarf) |
| Multiple | Companion |
| Luminosity | 0.0005 LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | 13.0 |
| Mag Terra | 10.7 |
| Temperature | 7740° K |
| Mass | 0.60 MSol |
| Radius | 0.012 RSol |
Procyon (otherwise known as Alpha Canis Minoris) is a binary star system composed of a white early subgiant star of spectral type F5 orbited by a degenerate dwarf star of classification DQZ.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The two components of the Procyon system (Procyon A & Procyon B) orbit each other in a somewhat eccentric orbit (e=0.407) with an average separation of 15.0AU, with a periastron of 8.9AU and an apastron of 21.0AU.
- The orbital period of the pair is 40.82 years.
- The habitable zone around Procyon A lies at about 2.7AU.
- The habitable zone of Procyon A might not contain stable orbits due to the periastron of Procyon B.
The Procyon star system is approximately 3.5pc from Terra, and is located in a Rimward/Rimtrailing direction from Terra at bearing 213.7o Galactic Longitude and +13.0o North] Galactic Latitude.
- Procyon's closest neighboring star is Luyten's Star, which lies about 0.34 pc distant and would appear as a visual magnitude 2.7 star in the night sky of Fenris.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Procyon is the primary star of the world Fenris/Sol (Solomani Rim 1830).
Image Repository[edit]
TravellerMap (T5SS):
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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Classic Traveller: Solomani (Alien Module)
- GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars
- GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
- Mongoose Traveller Alien Module 5: Solomani
- MegaTraveller CD-ROM: Preliminary Traveller Map (Hand-drawn)
- EXTERNAL LINK: SIMBAD @ University of Strasbourg: [2]
- EXTERNAL LINK: STARS (University of Illinois - Prof. Jim Kaler): [3]
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: WHULorigan
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science