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Lalande 21185

A red dwarf with perhaps two planets, both gaseous giants, which are far away from the star. A third planet is suspected. The planets haven't been confirmed, their existence is doubtful.

Nearer to the star there would be room for rocky planets which could have temperatures suitable for life.

Constellation: Ursa Major
Age: 3 - 10 billion years
Distance: 8.312 light-years
Spectral class: M2n
Visual magnitude: 7.5
Luminosity: 0.00568 * Sun
Mass: 0.403 * Sun
Diameter: 0.393 * Sun
Radial velocity: -84.3 km/sec

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11/14/2008

    Lalande 21185
Artist: Tomislav Stimac, Digital Eye

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