Template:Did you know nominations/Z Canis Majoris


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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 12:34, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Z Canis Majoris

 * ... that the young star system Z Canis Majoris is only 300,000 years old?
 * ALT1:... that a jet from one of the component stars of Z Canis Majoris is over 11 light-years long?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pareiasauromorpha

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self nominated at 04:02, 23 March 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Five times expansion checks out. Length checks out (just!). Citation for hook fact confirmed, ALT hook AGF. I am amazed at the idea of a star being only 300K years old, ten thousand times younger than our Sun, so i think it's pretty interesting too. hamiltonstone (talk) 04:22, 23 March 2014 (UTC)