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MIRA

MIRA. Project done by: Shayloh Felder. Mira. It’s a binary star meaning it is a stellar star consisting of two stars orbiting around their center of mass . Its absolute magnitude: 0.93 Right ascension: 02 h  19 m 20 Mass : 118 Radius : 332–402 Luminosity: 8400–9360

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MIRA

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  1. MIRA Project done by: Shayloh Felder

  2. Mira • It’s a binary star meaning it is a stellar star consisting of two stars orbiting around their center of mass. • Its absolute magnitude: 0.93 • Right ascension: 02h 19m20 • Mass: 118 • Radius: 332–402 • Luminosity: 8400–9360 • Temperature: 2918–3192 K

  3. Mira cont. • Distance from us: 200-400 light years away • Type: Red Giant

  4. Origin of the name “Mira” • The name of the star is the feminine form of a Latin adjective meaning "Wonderful”. This name is probably an abbreviation of Stella Mira, "The Wonderful Star”

  5. History of Mira • It was discovered by David Frabricius on August 13, 1596. It was sighted by a whole lot of other people. But I after I did some research I found that David was the most credited astronomer for finding Mira.

  6. Mira’s location • Mira is located in the constellation Cetus.

  7. Interesting Facts • Mira has a comets tail that stretches out 13 light yrs. • There is a watch company named after it. • It was in Star Trek.

  8. This following video is about the star Mira and its comet tail. I'm sorry it is 5 minutes long. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/nasa/3558-mira-a-real-shooting-star-video.htm

  9. Mira • http://domeofthesky.com/clicks/mira.html • http://www.oneminuteastronomer.com/258/mira-wonderful-star/ • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16564325/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/dying-stars-dust-helping-build-new-planets/ • www.citizenda.org/MIRA

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