36 Ursae Majoris

star in the constellation Ursa Major

36 Ursae Majoris is a star, slightly larger and hotter than the Sun,[1] located nearly 42 light years away in the exclusively northern constellation of Ursa Major.[2] It is possible that the star has planets or brown dwarfs orbiting it.[3]

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  1. Boyajian, Tabetha S.; McAlister, Harold A.; Van Belle, Gerard; Gies, Douglas R.; Ten Brummelaar, Theo A.; von Braun, Kaspar; Farrington, Chris; Goldfinger, P. J.; O'Brien, David; Parks, J. Robert; Richardson, Noel D.; Ridgway, Stephen; Schaefer, Gail; Sturmann, Laszlo; Sturmann, Judit; Touhami, Yamina; Turner, Nils H.; White, Russel (2012). "Stellar Diameters and Temperatures. I. Main-Sequence A, F, and G Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 746 (1): 101. arXiv:1112.3316. Bibcode:2012ApJ...746..101B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/101. S2CID 18993744.
  2. Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. S2CID 18759600.
  3. Lippincott, S. L. (1983). "An unseen companion to 36 Ursae Majoris a from analysis of plates taken with the Sproul 61-cm refractor". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 95: 775. Bibcode:1983PASP...95..775L. doi:10.1086/131252. S2CID 120550865.