posted November 14, 2009 12:33 PM            

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Regulus is actually a quadruple star. Most obviously, it has a distant lower mass companion 175 seconds of arc (at least 4200 Astronomical Units from it, some 100 times Pluto's distance from the Sun) that orbits Regulus with a period of at least 125,000 years. The companion, however, is ITSELF a double separated by at least 97 astronomical units apart in a minimum 880- year orbit. Both stars are less massive and dimmer than the Sun. The brighter is an orange K2 dwarf similar to the lesser component of Alpha Centauri, while the fainter is a red (class M4) dwarf. From the little double, Regulus would look like a brilliant star four times brighter than our full Moon. Much more intriguing is a tight fourth companion detected only spectroscopically that orbits Regulus proper with a period of a mere 40.11 days. Analysis suggests that it is white dwarf with an anomolously low mass of just 0.3 solar, far below the minimum of 0.55 allowed by current stellar evolution. Kepler's laws then give a separation of about 0.35 Astronomical Units. Astronomers speculate that when the white dwarf was a luminous giant (far larger and brighter than Regulus is now) that it transferred much of its mass (through tidal interaction) to the star that is now Regulus, and in doing so, sped it up to its current fast rotation rate (which fits with the white dwarf scenario)

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posted December 06, 2009 01:10 PM            

The fixed star Regulus is definitely at 29 degrees Leo. However, I think it has moved more minutes that 48'.

It expresses itself strongly with prominence or fame. For example, the rock star Prince has his MC at 29 degrees Leo.

Frank Lloyd Wright, known as the world's greatest modern architect also had his MC aligned with Regulus.

posted December 07, 2009 11:25 AM            

geo, my south node is 29'54 aqua (mean) and 29'19 (true)

i agree that there is a need to be socially significant. my strong desire was to be a politician, and change the world, no less. now, i don't know if i'm moving towards my north node and regulus but i plan to be a truck driver! i'm very interested by international politics but i decided to improve my being, instead of the world, it's more likely to work out ok.