Polaris has been there all along. The ancient Phoenician and Chinese astronomers knew about it, and the Phoenicians used for navigation. (Not that it did them all that much good, since ancient ships were difficult to keep on track; the ships went where the wind did.)
No one discovered Polaris. It has been in the night sky since humans first walked the Earth.
The name of the north star is Polaris. As the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor it is also called alpha Ursae Minoris. It is actually a multiple star comprised of Polaris Aa, Polaris Ab and Polaris B.
because polaris a star
The North Star, a.k.a. Polaris.The North Star, a.k.a. Polaris.The North Star, a.k.a. Polaris.The North Star, a.k.a. Polaris.
The North Star is Polaris.
No, Polaris is a star in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is also known as the North Star.
Polaris is a Trinary star system, but there are many other trinary star systems out there, and to date no exo solar planets have been discovered around any of the stars that make up the Polaris system. Not to mention that Polaris A being a red giant and Polaris B and C being a close binary star system the existence of any planets is very unlikely.
The name of the north star is Polaris. As the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor it is also called alpha Ursae Minoris. It is actually a multiple star comprised of Polaris Aa, Polaris Ab and Polaris B.
The north star is polaris's other name.
Polaris is not a galaxy, it is a star.
No single star points towards Polaris.
The North Star The Pole Star Polaris
the sun is a star and it isthecloseststar to the earth, not Polaris
Polaris is a red giant star.
The North star is called Polaris. Polaris is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is not the brightest star in the night sky; that title goes to Sirius, in Canis Major. Polaris has 2 companion stars: Polaris AB and Polaris B. It's spectral type is F7 Ib-II SB.
The star "Polaris" is the North Star.
The main star in the Polaris system has a luminosity which is 2500 times that of the Sun.
North star, or Polaris, is the name of a bright star that is CURRENTLY near the celestial north pole. Since the position of the north pole will change in the future, Polaris will still be called Polaris, but it will no longer be the north star.