ProcyonThe brightest star of Canis Minor is like Sirius a double system of a main sequence star and a white dwarf.The yellow Procyon A is surprisingly bright for its color and could be a subgiant, which becomes a red giant. Procyon B is even more dense as Sirius B. Once it was bigger as Procyon A. Constellation: Canis Minor Age: 1.7 billion years Distance: 11.41 light-years Radial velocity: -4 km/sec Orbit period of Procyon A and B: 40.65 years
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