This is a spectroscopic binary star system with a companion a mere 0.2 AU from the primary, assuming a distance of 71 parsecs, with an orbital period of 230 days.

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Look at the following paper and confirm the distance is 0.2 AU. Other sources give a larger distance. See desigation HIP 50801. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-6256/145/3/81

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Tania Australis

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Wikipedia contributors. (2024, July 21). Mu Ursae Majoris. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 2, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mu_Ursae_Majoris&oldid=1235876804

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This is closer to the star than Mercury is to the Sun (the semi-major axis of Mercury is 0.387098 AU)

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Mizar (stars.astro.illinois.edu) MIZAR (Zeta Ursae Majoris). One of the most famed stars of the sky, second magnitude (2.06) Mizar, 78 light years away, is the Zeta star of Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, the second star in from the end of the handle of the Big Dipper, and the Dipper’s fourth brightest star.

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Mercury (Wikipedia)

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Mu Ursae Majoris (Wikipedia) Mu Ursae Majoris (μ Ursae Majoris, abbreviated Mu UMa, μ UMa), formally named Tania Australis /ˈteɪniə ɔːˈstreɪlɪs/, is a binary star in the constellation of Ursa Major. An apparent visual magnitude of +3.06 places it among the brighter members of the constellation.

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