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Is rigel in the solar system?

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No. Rigel is a star over 800 light years away from out solar system. The only star in the solar system is the sun.

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How big is Rigel to your solar system?

Rigel is not in the solar system.


What are the stars in solar system?

Rigel, Betelgeuse. Comment: They are two of my favourite stars, but they aren't in the Solar System. There's only the Sun that's a star in our Solar System.


Is Uranus farther away from earth than the star Rigel?

No. Rigel is much farther away than Uranus. Uranus is in our Solar System.


What is luminosity of the Rigel?

Rigel has a luminosity of 117,490 solar luminosities.


What solar system is planet earth?

The Earth is part of the star system Sol; which is another word for the Sun. Therefor eit is in the Solar System. Technically it is incorect to call the planets of other stars "solar systems" since they are not around the Sun. They would be correctly called by the name of their own star. Planets around the star Rigel would be in the Rigel System or Rigelan System.


What is the radius of the star Rigel?

Rigel has a radius of about 78 solar radii or 0.363 AU.


Is Rigel bigger than Aldebaran?

Rigel: 71 solar radiiAldebaran: 44.2 solar radii.So Rigel is almost twice the size of Aldebaran.See related link for a pictorial of the difference (Section 5).


Is Rigel bigger than Antares?

Rigel: 71 solar radiiAntares: 883 solar radii.So Antares is over twelve times larger than Rigel.See related link for a pictorial of the difference (Section 5).


Why are not objects orbiting rigel?

There are: there are two blue-white main sequence stars which are in the Rigel A system..


Is rigel a triple star binary star or single star?

Rigel is a triple star system.


Temperature of Rigel?

There is more than one star in the Rigel "system". The main star, in terms of brightness, is Rigel A. That has a surface temperature of about 12,000 degrees Celsius.


Who discovered Rigel star?

Rigel is a binary star system. It was discovered by F.G.W. Struve in 1831. It is the third brightest star system in the night sky.