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- Polaris abstract "Polaris (α Ursae Minoris, α UMi, commonly the North Star or Pole Star) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star.It is a multiple star, comprising the main star, α UMi Aa, which is a supergiant; two smaller companions, α UMi B and α UMi Ab; and two distant components, α UMi C and α UMi D. α UMi B was discovered in 1780 by William Herschel.The revised Hipparcos parallax calculates the distance to Polaris at about 434 light-years (133 parsecs). Many recent papers derive distances up to 30% closer, particularly by assuming that its pulsation is in the fundamental mode. Deriving an accurate distance is especially important because Polaris is the closest Cepheid variable to Earth, so its physical parameters are critically important to the whole astronomical distance scale.".
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- Polaris wikiPageOutDegree "128".
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- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Big_Dipper.
- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Bowditchs_American_Practical_Navigator.
- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Bright_Star_Catalogue.
- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bayer_objects.
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- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Category:F-type_supergiants.
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- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Category:Triple_star_systems.
- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ursa_Minor_(constellation).
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- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Mary_(mother_of_Jesus).
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- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory_Star_Catalog.
- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Solar_mass.
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- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Spectroscopy.
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- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Stars_and_planetary_systems_in_fiction.
- Polaris wikiPageWikiLink Stellar_evolution.
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