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date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:47:48 -0800 (PST),    group: uk.sci.astronomy        back       
ASTRO Our nearest neighbours - ROSS 128   
Our nearest neighbours - ROSS 128

ROSS 128, sometimes called FI VIR - Currently in 11th place

This is a M4.0 dwarf star at a distance of 10.9 light years. Due to
this stars proximity to us it has been selected as a target star for
NASA's optical Space Interferometry Mission that aims to detect a
planet as small as three Earth-masses within two AUs of its host star.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/close/fivir.htm


Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm

Visit the Astronomical Hall of Shame at http://www.geocities.com/queen5658/
date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:47:48 -0800 (PST)   author:   ukastronomy

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