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Lam-2
Its story
Lambda-2 Fornacis is a rare gem: a sun-like yellow star at 84 light-years that, according to the Anglo-Australian Planet Search, hides a giant planet in orbit, confirmed in 2009. Its mass and temperature place it just one step above the Sun, making it a natural laboratory for understanding what awaits the solar system a few billion years from now.
- Constellation
- Fornax
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 84.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 39.244° · Dec -34.578°
- Catalogue
- HIP 12186 · HD 16417
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