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  • Megrez (ζ Ursae Majoris): Size, Temperature & Properties
    Megrez (ζ Ursae Majoris) is a blue-white main-sequence star. It's a bit bigger and hotter than our Sun:

    * Radius: About 2.6 times the radius of our Sun

    * Mass: About 2.2 times the mass of our Sun

    To put this in perspective:

    * Size: If the Sun were a basketball, Megrez would be about the size of a beach ball.

    * Luminosity: Megrez is about 16 times more luminous than our Sun.

    However, it's important to remember that stars are not solid objects with a fixed size. They are large balls of hot gas, and their sizes can fluctuate slightly.

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