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ζ Geminorum
	; Lokasi ζ Geminorum (dilingkari)
Data pengamatan; Epos J2000 Ekuinoks J2000
Rasi bintang	Gemini
Asensio rekta	07j 04m 06,53079d
Deklinasi	+20° 34′ 13,0739″
Magnitudo tampak (V)	3,93 (3,68 sampai 4,16)
Ciri-ciri
Kelas spektrum	F7Ib sampai G3Ib
Indeks warna U−B	+0,55
Indeks warna B−V	0,88
Jenis variabel	Classical Cepheid
Astrometri
Kecepatan radial (Rv)	+6,7 km/s
Gerak diri (μ)	RA: –7,29 mdb/thn ; Dek.: –0,41 mdb/thn
Paralaks (π)	278±018 mdb
Jarak	1.183 ± 29(σ2) ± 85(σ) tc ; (363 ± 9(σ2) ± 26(σ) pc)
Magnitudo mutlak (MV)	-3,99
Detail
Massa	7,7 ± 0,3 M☉
Radius	(65,24 ± 0,20) ± 4,17 R☉
Luminositas	2.900 L☉
Gravitasi permukaan (log g)	1,9
Suhu	5.260–5.780 K
Metalisitas [Fe/H]	0,16
Kecepatan rotasi (v sin i)	19 km/s
Usia	70 ± 25 megatahun
Penamaan lain
	Mekbuda, ζ Gem, 43 Gem, BD+20° 1687, FK5 269, HD 52973, HIP 34088, HR 2650, SAO 79031, WDS J07041+2034A.
Referensi basis data
SIMBAD	data

Zeta Geminorum (ζ Gem / ζ Geminorum) adalah salah satu bintang di rasi Gemini. Bintang berada di "kaki kiri yang maju" dari Pollux (Pollux). Magnitudo tampak dari bintang ini berkisar antara 3,68 sampai 4,16,^[2] dengan periode perubahannya 10,2 hari. Zeta Geminorum berada pada 1.200 tahun cahaya dari Matahari.^[7] Bintang ini merupakan bintang supraraksasa.

Etimologi

Mekbuda adalah nama tradisional bintang ini. Nama ini merupakan akar kata dari bahasa Arab yang sama dengan Mebsuta (Epsilon Geminorum) yang mewakili cakar singa. Mekbuda sendiri berasal dari kalimat "cakar singa yang terlipat". Nama lainnya untuk bintang ini adalah:

nama lain	asal bahasa	arti
井宿七 / Jǐngsuqī	China	bintang ketujuh di rasi Sumur^[16]
井宿东扇第三星 / Jǐngsudōngshāndìsānxīng	China	bintang keempat di bagian timur rasi Sumur^[17]

Referensi

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^ Uesugi, Akira; Fukuda, Ichiro (1970), "Catalogue of rotational velocities of the stars", Contributions from the Institute of Astrophysics and Kwasan Observatory, University of Kyoto, Bibcode:1970crvs.book.....U
^ "V* zet Gem -- Classical Cepheid (delta Cep type)", SIMBAD, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, diakses tanggal 2012-01-01
^ salah satu rasi bintang menurut bangsa Cina
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