Bayani: Delta Canis Majoris babban tauraro ne na aji na F8 tare da radius kusan sau 215 na Sun. Yanayin zafin jiki yana kusa da 5,818 K, kuma ya ninka sau 17 fiye da Sun. Matsakaicin girmansa shine -6.87, kuma yana kusa da shekaru 1,600 na haske. Yana juyawa da saurin kusan kilomita 28 / s, sabili da haka yana iya ɗaukar shekara guda don juyawa gaba ɗaya. Kusan shekaru miliyan 10 ne kawai, Delta Canis Majoris ya daina haɗuwa da hydrogen a cikin zuciyarsa. Rufinsa na waje yana fara fadadawa da sanyaya, kuma a cikin shekaru 100,000 masu zuwa zai zama babban jan giant yayin da zuciyarsa ta haɗu da abubuwa masu nauyi da masu nauyi. Da zarar yana da baƙin ƙarfe, zai rushe kuma ya fashe a matsayin supernova. Idan Delta Canis Majoris ya kasance kusa da Duniya kamar Sirius, zai kasance mai haske kamar wata mai haske kamar rabin rana. Tambaya: Sau nawa Delta Canis Majoris zai iya shiga cikin rana?
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