Regulus

STAR · the little king

DISTANCE 79 light yearsSPECIAL spins almost fast enough to fly apart

The heart of the Lion, named the little king. Regulus rotates so violently fast, once in about 16 hours, that it is squashed into a flattened ball; if it spun much faster it would tear itself apart. Because it sits almost exactly on the path of the Sun, Moon and planets, the Moon regularly glides right in front of it.

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