HD 70642/Gliese 304 and HD 38973
Jan. 7th, 2011 07:21 pmHD 70642/Gliese 304
A G5V dwarf in Puppis, way down in the southern sky. It’s 93.8 light years away, 3.8 billion years old, with a metallicity 1.45 times that of Sol. It has a Jovian planet at just over 3 AU away.
HD 38973
A G0V star 94 light years away, in Pictor. Very close to Sol’s age at 4.1 billion years old, and 81% as enriched in metals.
A G5V dwarf in Puppis, way down in the southern sky. It’s 93.8 light years away, 3.8 billion years old, with a metallicity 1.45 times that of Sol. It has a Jovian planet at just over 3 AU away.
HD 38973
A G0V star 94 light years away, in Pictor. Very close to Sol’s age at 4.1 billion years old, and 81% as enriched in metals.