70 Virginis

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.

In 1996, 70 Virginis was found to have an extrasolar planet in orbit around it. 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.

References

↑ 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.{{cite journal}}: 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Other websites

SIMBAD: HD 117176 -- High proper-motion Star
SolStation: 70 Virginis Archived 2009-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: 70 Virginis
Extrasolar Visions: 70 Virginis Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] MSN Encarta Online. "70 Virginis Solar System". Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.

[2] 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)