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Iota Leonis is a quadruple system seventy-seven light-years away, dominated by two yellow-white stars locked in a highly eccentric dance. Its two principal components are slowly drifting apart until the year 2060, then will swing back together a century later in a gravitational choreography that has been tracked since 1835. It lies in the hindquarters of Leo, far from the burning heart of Regulus.
- Constellation
- Leo
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.00
- Distance
- 77.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 170.981° · Dec 10.530°
- Catalogue
- HIP 55642 · HD 99028
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