Lambda Geminorum [SEP] constellation
Lambda Geminorum
Lambda Geminorum, Latinized from λ Geminorum, is a class A3, fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Gemini. It is located about 101 light-years from Earth.
Lambda Geminorum was a suspected variable star, but is now confirmed as constant. It is a main sequence star, larger and hotter than the sun. It has 2.8 times the radius of the Sun and is radiating 27 times the Sun's luminosity. It has 2.1 times the mass of the Sun and is around 800 million years
name "Mekbuda" for the component WDS J07041+2034 Aa on 12 September 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.
In Chinese, (), meaning "Well (asterism)", refers to an asterism consisting of Zeta Geminorum, Mu Geminorum, Gamma Geminorum, Nu Geminorum, Xi Geminorum, Epsilon Geminorum, 36 Geminorum and Lambda Geminorum. Consequently, Zeta Geminorum itself is known as (, ).
Observation history.
In 1825, German astronomer Julius