In 2014, it was discovered within its star system, a planet of about 6 times the mass of Jupiter and with an orbital period of 522 days.
It has a declination of +74º and it is located at 13º degrees of Leo (+73º of celestial latitude).
It is likely that the name Kochab, which appeared during the Renaissance, derives from the Hebrew כוכב 'kōkhāv' or from the ancient Arabic الكوكب 'Al-Kawkab al Shamaliyy', meaning "The North Star".
In Chinese, 北極 (Běi Jí), whose meaning is 'North Pole', refers to a group of stars within the constellation Ursa Minor. Specifically, Kochab is known as 北極 二 (Běi Jí èr), 'Second Star of the North Pole', which represented by 帝 (Dì), means 'Emperor'.
The quality of the star Kochab reminds the planet Saturn and the dwarf planet (136108) Haumea. It is related with the ability to influence large groups of individuals, like in the movies "Avatar" (2009), "How To Train Your Dragon" (2010), "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011), "How To Train Your Dragon 2" (2014), "Divergent" (2014), "Edge of Tomorrow" (2014) and "Jurassic World" (2015).
Barack Obama, president of the United States of America, has Kochab in Leo in conjunction with the Sun (1st Moon-Node House), which is in square with Neptune in Scorpio (10th Moon-Node House).
