| − | The two stars in the Sirius binary system orbit each other with an average distance of 19.8 AU (around the distance of [[Uranus]] from the Sun), which takes around 50 years to complete. Sirius A is a star of spectral type A1V. Sirius B is a [[white dwarf]] star, which were once a more massive main sequence star then its companion. | + | The two stars in the Sirius binary system orbit each other with an average distance of 19.8 AU (around the distance of [[Uranus]] from the Sun), which takes around 50 years to complete. Sirius A is a star of spectral type A1V. Sirius B is a [[white dwarf]] star, which was once a more massive main sequence star then its companion. |