Van Maanen's Star (star)
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| Van Maanen's Star | |
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| Spectral | DZ8 |
| Type | White Dwarf (Degenerate Dwarf) |
| Luminosity | 0.00017 LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | 14.23 |
| Mag Terra | 12.374 |
| Temperature | 6220° K |
| Mass | 0.68 MSol |
| Radius | 0.011 RSol |
The star Van Maanen's Star (otherwise known as Van Maanen 2 or Wolf 28) is a white degenerate dwarf stellar core remnant that is the closest solitary degenerate dwarf to the Sol star system.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
As a degenerate dwarf, the composition of the star is largely composed of collapsed atomic matter quantum mechanically supported by electron gas in a degenerate state due to the Pauli Exclusion Principle. Though not currently undergoing nuclear fusion, the star radiates electromagnetic radiation at a high temperature due to trapped heat within the remnant as it slowly cools.
- Despite the star's evolutionary history, there is a circumstellar ring of planetary matter in orbit about Van Maanen's Star.
- The Van Maanen's Star star system lies approximately 4.26pc from Terra, and is located in a Spinward direction from Terra at bearing 121.9o Galactic Longitude and -57.5o South Galactic Latitude.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
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- EXTERNAL LINK: SIMBAD @ University of Strasbourg: [1]
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: WHULorigan
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science