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S2

star orbiting close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way
Star Q1514814

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
star

Location

Located in/on physical feature
Galactic Center of Milky Way[7]
More facts +12
Part of
Sagittarius A* cluster[5]
Apparent magnitude
+14.15[8]
Constellation
Sagittarius[2]
Declination
-29.00777083[12]
Declination component of proper motion
+19.726, +19.726[14]
Different from
S2[9]
Distance from Earth
+27000[10]
Epoch
J2000.0[13]
Parent astronomical body
Sagittarius A*[6]
Right ascension
+266.41685083[11]
Right ascension component of proper motion
-10.948, -10.948[15]
Spectral class
B0/2V, B0-2 V[3][4]
🏷️ Also known as
en S2 en S0–2 ar S٢ (نجم) ar نجم إس 2 ar نجم إس ٢ de S0-2 es S0 2 es S0-2 fa ستاره اس2 fa اس2 fa اس۲ fa ستاره اس۲ fa ستارهٔ اس2 fa ستارهٔ اس۲ fr S0-2 fr Source 2 hi ऍस२ तारा ja S0-2 uk S2 (зоря) vi S0–2
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Galactic centre orbits.svg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03hryp
SIMBAD ID
[EG97] S2

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🔗 Connections
Constellation 1
Sagittarius
Different from 1
S2
Epoch 1
J2000.0
Instance of 1
star
Located in/on physical feature 1
Galactic Center of Milky Way
Parent astronomical body 1
Sagittarius A*
← Child astronomical body 1
Sagittarius A*
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Summary

S2 is a star[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The Two Young Star Disks in the Central Parsec of the Galaxy: Properties, Dynamics, and Formation. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Photometric Stellar Variability in the Galactic Center. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . The nuclear star cluster of the Milky Way: proper motions and mass. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . The nuclear star cluster of the Milky Way: proper motions and mass. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . The nuclear star cluster of the Milky Way: proper motions and mass. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . The nuclear star cluster of the Milky Way: proper motions and mass. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . The nuclear star cluster of the Milky Way: proper motions and mass. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . The nuclear star cluster of the Milky Way: proper motions and mass. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · 惑星矮星 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: SIMBAD ID: [EG97] S2"
  2. 7w ago · Hexirp · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → star
    Right ascension component of proper motion → -10.948 milliarcsecond per year
    Epoch → J2000.0
    Different from → S2
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Part of: Sagittarius A* cluster"
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