Betelgeuse is a colossal red supergiant star nearing the final stages of its stellar life. With a radius nearly 900 times that of our Sun, it swells across the cosmos as one of the largest visible stars from Earth. Its deep reddish-orange glow is a testament to its cooler surface temperature compared to smaller stars, yet it radiates with an immense luminosity thousands of times brighter than the Sun.
Betelgeuse’s outer layers are unstable and turbulent, constantly expanding and contracting in a slow, mesmerizing rhythm that spans years. This instability hints at an inevitable fate: a spectacular supernova explosion that will mark the death throes of this stellar giant, seeding the universe with heavy elements forged in its core.
Approaching Betelgeuse is to witness the raw power and grandeur of stellar evolution—an ancient beacon in the night sky, slowly fading but destined to explode in a cosmic event that will briefly outshine entire galaxies.
GENERAL INFO
- Created On: Android
- Game Version: 1.3.204.1
CHARACTERISTICS
- Radius: 626,706.0 Mm
- Sea Level: None
- Surface Gravity: 0.0 m/s
- Rotational Period: N/A
- Escape Velocity: 83.78 km/s
- Mass: 3.3E+31kg
Atmosphere
- Height: 27,608.6 Mm
- Scale Height: 3,996.8 Mm
- Surface Air Density: 1.000 kg/m3
- Surface Temperature: 3,500 K
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