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BPM 37093 (V886 Centauri) is a variable white dwarf star of the DAV, or ZZ Ceti, type, with a hydrogen atmosphere and an unusually high mass of approximately 1.1 times the Sun's. It is 48 light-years (15 parsecs ) from Earth in the constellation Centaurus and vibrates; these pulsations cause its luminosity to vary .
First solitary white dwarf Van Maanen 2: 1917 Van Maanen's star is also the nearest solitary white dwarf [5] First white dwarf with a planet WD B1620−26: 2003 PSR B1620-26 b (planet) This planet is a circumbinary planet, which circles both stars in the PSR B1620-26 system [6] [7] First singular white dwarf with a transiting object WD 1145+017 ...
Chiloschista phyllorhiza, commonly known as the white starfish orchid, [2] is a species of leafless epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that forms small clumps with many radiating, flattened green roots. A large number of short-lived, crystalline white, star-shaped flowers with a yellow labellum are arranged along thin, arching flowering stems.
Originally intended to be named Asiatic, she was the first steel-hulled vessel built for White Star.She was completed as the Arabic on 12 August 1881. Like her sister Coptic, she was designed as a combination cargo/passenger freighter; while able to accommodate both steerage and second-class passengers, she was primarily designed to carry cargo and livestock.
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Sold to White Star in 1908 used as a cadet training vessel for Australian routes, sold in 1915 to Norwegian owners multiple times under Transatlantic and Dvergso. Scrapped in 1923. Laurentic: 1908: 1908–1917: 14,892: Launched by Harland and Wolff in 1908 ordered by Dominion Line originally Alberta but IMM transferred ship to White Star under ...
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Ship colours: black hull with gold line, red boot-topping, upper works white, funnels: White Star Buff RMS Cedric was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line . She was the second of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, dubbed the Big Four , and was the largest vessel in the world at the time of her entering service.