70 Virginis

70 Virginis as seen in the program Celestia

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]

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

↑ MSN Encarta Online. 70 Virginis Solar System. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
↑ Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul. A Planetary Companion to 70 Virginis. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 464 (2) (1996). p. L147 – L151. doi:10.1086/310096.
↑ 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.. Debris Disks around Sun-like Stars. The Astrophysical Journal 674 (2) (2008). p. 1086–1105. doi:10.1086/525514.

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. Retrieved 1 August 2009.

[2] Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul. A Planetary Companion to 70 Virginis. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 464 (2) (1996). p. L147 – L151. doi:10.1086/310096.

[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.. Debris Disks around Sun-like Stars. The Astrophysical Journal 674 (2) (2008). p. 1086–1105. doi:10.1086/525514.

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