Bingowings said:

Is Kolob a star, a planet, a star system or all three (depending on the reference)?

Kolob is a planet, the closest to where God resides. We believe in an omnipotent, omniscient God, but we believe that he has an actual body, that we were literally created in his image, and that therefore he exists in a definite point of space, just like we do. This may sound science-fiction-like to many, but to us it is quite logical. In fact, if you believe in a resurrected Jesus Christ and Heaven, you believe in God being in a single point and residing somewhere. What's wrong with that somewhere being a definable spot? How this relates to literal astronomy, I'm not certain. I have a feeling there is more to this than we understand, and that there is a great deal of symbolism in this. Perhaps these stars are not simply existent in a universe as we understand it, but instead it is a way of teaching us of a heavenly plane. I'm not certain, but I hope that clears it up a bit.