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EPSILON ERI [1 record]

Record 1 2013-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • The Stars (Astronomy)
OBS

A fourth-magnitude k2 V star 3,30 pc distant. In 1973 van de Kamp announced that it had a planet-like object in orbit around it at a distance of about 8 AU and with a period of about 25 years.

OBS

This name is usually written with the Greek letter epsilon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Étoiles (Astronomie)
OBS

Epsilon d'Eridan, de magnitude 3,7, est l'une des étoiles les plus proches du Soleil, à 10,7 années-lumière.

OBS

On écrit habituellement la lettre grecque epsilon.

Spanish

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