Wasat (star)
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| Wasat Aa | |
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| Spectral | F0 IV |
| Type | Subgiant |
| Multiple | Trinary |
| Luminosity | LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | |
| Mag Terra | 3.53 |
| Temperature | 6900° K |
| Mass | 1.57 MSol |
| Companion | Wasat B |
| Wasat Ab | |
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| Spectral | ?? |
| Type | Main Sequence |
| Multiple | Near Companion |
| Luminosity | LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | |
| Temperature | ° K |
| Wasat B | |
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| Spectral | K6 V |
| Type | Main Sequence |
| Multiple | Far Companion |
| Luminosity | LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | |
| Temperature | 4600° K |
The star Wasat (otherwise known as Delta Geminorum) is a trinary star whose primary component is a white subgiant of spectral type F0, and includes a distant yellow-orange main sequence companion of spectral type K6.
Description (Specifications)
The "primary" of the Wasat system (Wasat A) is actually composed of an F0 IV subgiant and a near companion that form a binary pair with a period of 6.1 years and an orbital eccentricity of e=0.3530.
- A cooler class K main sequence far companion (Wasat B) orbits the inner pair with a period of 1,200 years and an eccentricity of e=0.11.
The Wasat star system lies approximately 18.5pc from Terra, and is located in a Rimward/Rimspinward direction from Terra at bearing 196.0o Galactic Longitude and +15.9o North Galactic Latitude.
History & Background (Dossier)
Wasat is the primary star of the world Wasat/Wovoka (Aldebaran 2404).
Image Repository
TravellerMap (T5SS):
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References & Contributors (Sources)
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This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Delta_Geminorum. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
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.
- EXTERNAL LINK: SIMBAD @ University of Strasbourg: [2]
- EXTERNAL LINK: STARS (University of Illinois - Prof. Jim Kaler): [3]
- Author & Contributor: WHULorigan