[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 19.99 mas as seen from Earth, it lies 163 light years from the Sun.

The WGSN decided to attribute proper names to individual stars rather than entire multiple systems.

[13] Consequently, the Chinese name for Gamma Librae itself is 氐宿三 (Dī Xiù sān), "the Third Star of Root".

[16] The yellow-hued primary, component Aa, is an evolved G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G8.5 III[3] and an estimated age of 4.3 billion years.

The star is radiating around 72 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,786 K.[4] There is a magnitude 11.2 visual companion, component B, at an angular separation of 42.5 arc seconds along a position angle of 157°, as of 2013.