Epsilon IndiThe orange-red star is orbited by a pair of brown dwarfs.The larger of the two, Epsilon Indi Ba, has 44 times the mass of Jupiter, Bb 28 times. Constellation: Indus Age: 1.3 billion years (uncertain) Distance: 11.83 light-years Spectral class: K5e Visual magnitude: 4.69 Luminosity: 0.153 * Sun Mass: 0.59 * Sun Diameter: 1.387 * Sun Radial velocity: -40.4 km/sec Back: List of the nearest stars |
To the right is the star, to the left a brown dwarf. Photo: Eso |
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