Maenalus
Introduction
Maenalus is a single white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo, located some 134.5 light years away from Earth. It is the seventh-brightest member of this constellation, having an apparent visual magnitude of +3.72.
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This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 V, and is a suspected chemically peculiar star. However, Abt and Morrell (1995) gave it a class of A0 IIInn, matching a giant star with "nebulous" lines. It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 285 km/s, which is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 31% larger than the polar radius. The star is 320[9] million years old with 2.4 times the mass of the Sun and about 2.57 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 47 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,420 K.