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Friday, November 9, 2007

A Star Very Much Like Our Own

"Sun's Wayward Twin Discovered" is a slightly deceptive title, since the fourth addition to the just-about-like-our-sun list doesn't seem to be physically related to the star Earth orbits around.

However, HIP 56948 is a very, very, close match to our sun: and not all that far away: 200 light years, in the constellation Draco. It's not exactly next door, either, but since the galaxy we're in is upwards of 70,000 light years across, 200 light years isn't all that great a distance.

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