Dossier for Bea Blinker
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Height (solar diameters) = 500
Weight (mass in suns) = 1.2
Age = unknown
General Description:
Bea is an M7III star in a binary system. She has a white dwarf companion that orbits him once every 400 years or so. Bea lives in the constellation of Cetus (The Whale) about 417 light years away from Earth. Bea is very unstable, and was the first pulsating variable star to be discovered (1596). He increases in brightness by over 3 magnitudes over a 33-day period (see Bea's light curve). Bea's astronomy name is Mira, which means "Wonderful" in latin.
Fingerprint File for Bea Blinker
Fingerprint Identification Chart
Other Information:
1. Mira article
2. Mira light curve
