70 Virginis is a yellow dwarf star approximately 58 light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It is rather unusually bright for its spectral type and may be just starting to evolve into the subgiant phase.
In 1996, 70 Virginis was discovered to have an extrasolar planet in orbit around it.[2] There is also a dust disc at a temperature of 156 K located about 3.4 AU from the star.[3]
Planetary system
References
- ^ van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "HIP 65721". Hipparcos, the New Reduction. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.
- ^ Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul (1996). "A Planetary Companion to 70 Virginis". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 464: 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. (2008). "Debris Disks around Sun-like Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 674 (2): 1086 – 1105. doi:10.1086/525514.
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