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Antares

Antares. Kivonte’ Faulkner. Antares. Red, binary star, fiery red, emerald green Sometimes called “the Heart of the Scorpion” 16 th brightest star in the sky Southern half of Earth’s sky Somewhat larger than the famous Betelgeuse. Class M supergiant 800 times the radius of our sun

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Antares

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  1. Antares Kivonte’ Faulkner

  2. Antares • Red, binary star, fiery red, emerald green • Sometimes called “the Heart of the Scorpion” • 16th brightest star in the sky • Southern half of Earth’s sky • Somewhat larger than the famous Betelgeuse. • Class M supergiant • 800 times the radius of our sun • The mass is calculated to be 15 to 18 solar masses.

  3. Antares • Not round, but egg-shaped • About 600 light years from our solar system • The best time to see it is around the end of May • In November 2400, Antares will be occulted by Venus • A couple of weeks before November 30, Antares is not visible at all. • It was occulted by the moon on July 31, 2009. • In the rare class of “red supergiants”

  4. Antares

  5. Antares • Also known as Alpha Scorpii • It’s the highest in the sky at midnight. • It pumps out more than 60,000 times the energy of our sun. • Near the end of its lifetime • About 58oo degrees F

  6. Antares • Will eventually blow up, but it will not do any damage to Earth. • The Antares star is also known as a Scorpii and Alpha Scorpii. • Being a first magnitude star, Antares is as bright a star can ever get. • Planet Antares has quite a low average density because of such a small mass and relatively large size.

  7. Citations • http://www.universetoday.com/44911/antares-star/ • http://www.thesolarsystemplanets.com/tag/planet-antares/ • http://www.artipot.com/articles/906478/exciting-new-facts-about-planet-antares-and-the-universe.htm

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