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Lacaille 9352

(Lac 9352, GJ 887)
(red dwarf that is the twelfth nearest star system)

Lacaille 9352 (Lac 9352 or GJ 887) is the twelfth-closest star system to Earth. It is a red dwarf, and has the fourth highest known proper motion of any star as viewed from Earth, 6.9 arcseconds per year. In 2020, three extra-solar planet candidates were announced to be orbiting it (uncovered using the RV method), two of them within the star's habitable zone. Star characteristics:


(star,nearby star,red dwarf,exoplanets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacaille_9352
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Lacaille+9352
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020Sci...368.1477J/abstract
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/GJ-887
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~03.29pc10.7lyLacaille 9352
Coordinates:Lacaille 9352
J230552.03604-355111.0475

Referenced by pages:
Lacaille Star Catalog (Lac)
M dwarf
M-type star (M)
red dwarf

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