46 Leonis Minoris (46 LMi) is a star in the constellationLeo Minor. It also has the traditional name Praecipua. The Pleiades star cluster A star is a massive body of plasma in outer space that is currently producing or has produced energy through nuclear fusion. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Leo Minor (Latin for Small Lion) is a rather dim constellation that can barely be recognized as a triangle and lies between the easily discerned constellations Ursa Major and Leo. ...
It has spectral class K0+III-IV and is of magnitude 3.83. Its distance from Earth is approximately 98 light years. In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based initially on photospheric temperature and its associated spectral characteristics, and subsequently refined in terms of other characteristics. ... The apparent magnitude (m) of a star, planet or other heavenly body is a measure of its apparent brightness; that is, the amount of light received from the object. ... A light year, abbreviated ly, is the distance light travels in one year: roughly 9. ...
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