Lambda Lyrae
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Lambda Lyrae is a 5th magnitude star in the constellation Lyra, approximately 1,500 light years away from Earth
. It is an orange giant star
of the spectral type K2.5III, meaning it has a surface temperature of 3,500 to 5,000 kelvins. It is much brighter and larger, yet cooler, than our Sun
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
. It is an orange giant star
Giant star
A giant star is a star with substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature. Typically, giant stars have radii between 10 and 100 solar radii and luminosities between 10 and 1,000 times that of the Sun. Stars still more luminous than giants are...
of the spectral type K2.5III, meaning it has a surface temperature of 3,500 to 5,000 kelvins. It is much brighter and larger, yet cooler, than our Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
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