07-09-2018 15:27 via scitechdaily.com

Gaia Satellite Refines Properties of Polaris Aa, Significantly Different Than Earlier Values

The North Star, Polaris, is a Cepheid variable: one whose mass, age and physical conditions generate periodic oscillations with a period proportional to the star’s...
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