70 Virginis
star in the constellation Virgo
70 Virginis is a yellow dwarf star that is around 58 light-years away from the Earth in the constellation Virgo. 70 Virginis is not as big or hot as Earth's Sun.[1]
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In 1996, 70 Virginis was found to have an extrasolar planet in orbit around it.[2] There is also a dust disc that orbits the star. The temperature of the disc is 156 K and it is about 3.4 AU from the star.[3]
References
change- ↑ MSN Encarta Online. "70 Virginis Solar System". Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ↑ Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul (1996). "A Planetary Companion to 70 Virginis". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 464 (2): L147–L151. Bibcode:1996ApJ...464L.147M. doi:10.1086/310096. S2CID 9528214.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Trilling, D. E.; Bryden, G.; Beichman, C. A.; Rieke, G. H.; Su, K. Y. L.; Stansberry, J. A.; Blaylock, M.; Stapelfeldt, K. R.; Beeman, J. W.; Haller, E. E. (2008). "Debris Disks around Sun-like Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 674 (2): 1086–1105. arXiv:0710.5498. Bibcode:2008ApJ...674.1086T. doi:10.1086/525514. S2CID 54940779.
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Other websites
change- SIMBAD: HD 117176 -- High proper-motion Star
- SolStation: 70 Virginis
- Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: 70 Virginis
- Extrasolar Visions: 70 Virginis Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine