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Mizar

Mizar. By: Gloria Noble. Size. Mizar’s size a diameter of more than twice that of the sun, and a mass about three times that of the sun. Mizar is known from the Big Dipper. Temperature. The effective temperature is 9600 K (Kelvin). Color.

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Mizar

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  1. Mizar By: Gloria Noble

  2. Size • Mizar’s size a diameter of more than twice that of the sun, and a mass about three times that of the sun. Mizar is known from the Big Dipper.

  3. Temperature • The effective temperature is 9600 K (Kelvin).

  4. Color • Mizar is a hot white star. Mizar is two suns, Mizar A and Mizar B.

  5. Distance From Our Sun • The distance from our sun to Mizar is 78.2 light years.

  6. H-R diagram # • The number for the H-R diagram is “5054”

  7. The constellation of Mizar • Mizar is in the constellation Big Dipper. Mizar has two planets, known as Mizar A and B. • the word “Mizar” means “Horse” in Arabic. • Mizar and Alcore are both a member of the Ursa Major Moving Cluster

  8. Mizar is in the cycle of Red Giant/ Supergiant. How was Mizar born and What Cycle is it in?

  9. Kelvin- A unit of measurement named after British scientist, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824 - 1907). One Kelvin degree is equivalent to one Celsius degree. The difference between the two temperature scales: All motion within an atom ceases at zero Kelvin (K) -- this point is called absolute zero. Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius, which is approximately 273.16 Kelvin. [ K = C + 273.16] Alcor- the star next to Mizar Information

  10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizar_(star) http://domeofthesky.com/clicks/mizar.html http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Mizar.html Works Cited

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