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<p>Copy from private wiki.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Stars_with_Planets]]<br /> == Lalande 21185 ==<br /> At 8.3 lightyears from Sol in the constellation Ursa Major, this star is the fourth closest to our sun after Alpha Centauri, Barnard's Star, and Wolf 359. A dim red dwarf, it is too faint to be seen from Earth without a telescope.<br /> <br /> The star is suspected to have three planets of roughly Jupiter mass, orbiting beyond the habitable zone, but these are unconfirmed.<br /> <br /> === Fiction ===<br /> In ''[[The Chara Talisman]]'' the starship ''Sophie'' makes a refuelling stop in this system on its way back from Chara. In the book, the star also has a smaller gas planet (something like Neptune) in very close or &quot;torch&quot; orbit, which gives it a comet-like tail spiraling around the star. The ''Sophie'' lands on a smaller, predominantly ice planet beyond this, which they informally name &quot;Dirty Snowball&quot;.<br /> <br /> === Nearby Stars ===<br /> <br /> Interesting nearby stars include:<br /> '''Star''' '''Type''' '''Dist ly'''<br /> [[Wolf 359]] M5.8 Ve 4.1<br /> [[Ross 128]] M4.1-5 Ve 6.5<br /> [[Sol]] G2 V 8.3<br /> [[Procyon]] F5 V-IV 9.6</div>

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