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Mu Arae

A star very similar to our Sun, but older.
Three planets around it have been already discovered. Among them the first terrestrial planet outside of our solar system.
This has about 15 times the mass of Earth and is with only 0.09 AU distance very close to its star, so it is not suitable for life.

Constellation: Ara
Age: > 5 billion years
Distance: 49.8 light-years
Spectral class: G5
Visual magnitude: 5.0
Mass: 1.08 * Sun
Diameter: 1.32 * Sun

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