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How many kilometers away is Sirius B?

Updated: 9/21/2023
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I don't know for sure, but it's about 8.7 ligt years away, and a light year is 9.5 trillion kilometers away. if you multiply that, you're bound to get the answer.

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Is there a far away planet that orbits Sirius A?

Neither Sirius A nor Sirius B have any known planets.


Where is Sirius b located in the night sky?

Sirius, which consists of both Sirius A and Sirius B is in the constellation Canis Major, which, if you are looking south, appears below and to the left of Orion. Sirius B itself is too dim to be seen from Earth; the vast majority of the light from Sirius is from Sirius A. Even then, as a binary system, the two stars are too close together for us to see them separately.


What is the final stage for Sirius b?

Sirius B is already a white dwarf. The next transformation will be to become a black dwarf, but not for many many years.


Is sirius a cold?

No. Sirius is far from a cold star. Sirius is actually a binary system about 8.6 light years away. Sirius A is a white main sequence star just over twice the size of the sun. Sirius B is a white dwarf stellar remnant of about 0.978 solar masses. The temperature of the two stars are far higher than that of our sun. The sun is about 5778 Kelvin, Sirius A is almost twice that at 9,940 K and Sirius B is many times that at 25,200 K.


Is Sirius a cold star?

No. Sirius is far from a cold star. Sirius is actually a binary system about 8.6 light years away. Sirius A is a white main sequence star just over twice the size of the sun. Sirius B is a white dwarf stellar remnant of about 0.978 solar masses. The temperature of the two stars are far higher than that of our sun. The sun is about 5778 Kelvin, Sirius A is almost twice that at 9,940 K and Sirius B is many times that at 25,200 K.


Is Sirius a a white dwarf?

No, but Sirius B is,


How far apart are Sirius A and Sirius B?

Sirius is a binary star system Sirius A and Sirius B.The distance separating Sirius A from B varies between 8.1 and 31.5 AU. (See related question).


What is the temperature of Sirius a?

Sirius is a binary star. Sirius A has a temperature of about 10,000 K Sirius B has a temperature of about 25,200 K 9,940(a) k 25,200 (b) k 78


Is 'Sirius C' real or not?

It is not real. Sirius is a two-star system containing only Sirius A and Sirius B.


What color is Sirius B?

Sirius B is a white dwarf. As the name suggests, it will appear white.


What is the Circumference of siruis?

According to Wikipedia, "Sirius B has nearly the diameter of the Earth, 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles), with a mass that is 98% of the Sun."


Does B Sirius cause Sirius A to wobble?

Sure - the two attract each other. In the case of a double star - as Sirius A and Sirius B - both revolve around their common center of mass.