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Sirius star system

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Sirius is binary star system consisting of two white stars orbiting each other with a separation of about 20 AU.
The brighter component, termed Sirius A, is a main-sequence star of spectral type early A, with an estimated surface temperature of 9,940 K. Its companion, Sirius B, is a star that has already evolved off the main sequence and become a white dwarf, Sirius B was once the more massive of the two.
The age of the system has been estimated at around 230 million years. Early in its life, it is thought to have been two bluish-white stars orbiting each other in an elliptical orbit every 9.1 years.