Star α Scorpii B

Blue-white star α Scorpii B is located 553.7 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class B2.5V, that has 720 of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Sun distance
553.7 light years

α Scorpii B

Blue-white star (spectral class B2.5V)

Mass: 7.2 M Sun

Size: 5.2 R Sun

Temperature: 18500 K | 3.2 T Sun

Luminosity: 2754 L Sun

(No known exoplanets yet)

More about α Scorpii B

      Star α Scorpii B can be found in southern celestial hemisphere.  α Scorpii B is about 5 times bigger than the Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 18500 K (18227 °C), which is about 320 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
HD 148479

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