Alnilam
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| Surface temperature | 27,000 K |
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| Distance to Earth | 1,344 light years |
| Radius | 22. 541 million km |
| Distance | approx. 2,000 ly; (approx. 600 pc) |
| Age | 5. 7 Myr |
| Did you know | ε Orionis is the star's Bayer designation and 46 Orionis its Flamsteed designation. |
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| ID | 1249039 |
About Alnilam
Alnilam, designation ε Orionis, and 46 Orionis, is a large blue supergiant star some 2,000 light-years distant in the constellation of Orion. It is estimated to be 275,000 to 832,000 times as luminous as the Sun, and 30–64. 5 times as massive.