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AU Microscopii

(AU Mic)
(nearby star with disk and planets)

AU Microscopii (AU Mic) is a nearby young variable M-type star with a debris disk, thought to be roughly 22 million years old. It has two extra-solar planets that are confirmed by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), as well as two suspected planets, after suspicions based on variability that suggests disk asymmetries which plausibly could result from a planet. Characteristics:


(star,variable star,exoplanets,disk)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AU_Microscopii
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=AU+Mic
https://www.aavso.org/mysterious-ripples-found-racing-through-planet-forming-disc
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004Sci...303.1990K/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020Natur.582..497P/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021A%26A...654A.159S/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~09.7pc31.6lyAU Microscopii
Coordinates:AU Mic
J204509.53250-312027.2379

Referenced by pages:
M-type star (M)
red dwarf

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