A habitable planet for 40 Eridani A
May. 31st, 2011 07:12 pmHere is a link to some basic info on the 40 Eridani system, home to Mr. Spock's planet Vulcan. 40 Eridani A, the largest star in the system, has a luminosity of 0.38, giving it a life zone stretching from 0.38 to 0.92 AU. If Vulcan is Earthlike, it's probably around 0.61 AU from its primary, with a year that's 175 Earth days long, just under half an Earth year.