At 2.2 billion years old,[18] 51 Aurigae has evolved off from the main sequence and is now a K-type giant star.[3] It is 1.58 times as massive as the Sun,[12] 19 times as wide, and 100 times as luminous.[7] It emits radiation with a surface temperature of about 4,277 K.[12]
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