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Our nearest neighbours - ROSS 128
Our nearest neighbours - ROSS 128
ROSS 128, sometimes called FI VIR - Currently in 11th place This is a M4.0 dwarf star at a distance of 10.9 light years. Due to this stars proximity to us it has been selected as a target star for NASA's optical Space Interferometry Mission that aims to detect a planet as small as three Earth-masses within two AUs of its host star. http://www.martin-nicholson.info/close/fivir.htm Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England. http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm Visit the Astronomical Hall of Shame at http://www.geocities.com/queen5658/ |
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