Vega
fast-spinning A star seen pole-on
25 light-years from Earth
Spins so fast (once every 12.5 hours) it bulges at the equator and has a hot pole and a cooler waist. We happen to look straight down on its pole.
- 25 light-years · was the pole star 14,000 years ago
- kind
- star
- size
- 3,620,000 km across
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