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The detection of three differentiable circumstellar debris belts around Epsilon Eridani suggest that the star hosts at least three planets of significant mass.
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The brown dwarf has a surface temperature of only around 987 +/- 60 °C (1,810 °F or 1,260 °K). (By comparison, its host star, Epsilon Indi, has a surface temperature of around 4,000 °C, or 7,200 °F, which is somewhat cooler than the Sun.) Epsilon Indi ba is so cool that methane has been detected in its atmosphere...
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Star Trek fans, take heart Mr. Spock's fabled home star, the nearby Epsilon Eridani, could harbor an Earth-like planet. ... The NASA Spitzer space telescope results, which measure the infrared heat given off by dust and ice rings circling the star, suggest Epsilon Eridani possesses three jumbo worlds, revealed by dust...
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Epsilon Eridani (tenth closest star to Earth) is the closest star known to have a planet (Epsilon Eridani b), and an unconfirmed second planet (Epsilon Eridani c). While it is smaller, cooler and slightly less luminous than our own sun, Epsilon Eridani is visible to the naked eye. ... Other Names for Epsilon Eridani:
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Explanation: A planet has been found orbiting a Sun-like star only 10 light-years away. No direct picture of the planet was taken - the planet was discovered by the gravitational wobble it created on its parent star, Epsilon Eridani.
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Now designated Epsilon Indi B, it is a companion to a well-known bright star in the southern sky, Epsilon Indi (now "Epsilon Indi A"), previously thought to be single. The binary system ... However, a search through available online catalogues quickly revealed that just 7 arcminutes away was a well-known star, Epsilon Indi.
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The star called Epsilon, farthest to the right in the triangle, is the strangest kid of all. Epsilon is a variable star, which means that its brightness varies according to a predictable pattern. Variable stars are not that uncommon in the Milky Way galaxy.
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techfreakiez.com — Far Far away, in a Star System not so different from ours, we might find Vulcan (that sounds like StarWars..ewww). ... Using some interesting data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, Dr Massimo Marengo of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics & Dr Dana Backman of the SETI ... email this story...
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Star Frontiers Gallery ... Return to Point Epsilon ... Star Frontiers Logo...
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A closeup view of Vega (the bright star at top) and its surroundings reveals the duplicity of the famed "double-double star" Epsilon Lyrae at left (west is up in the picture). The left- hand star of the pair is Epsilon-1, the right hand star Epsilon-2.
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