What is 70 Virginis?
[[File:70 virginis.jpg|250px|right|thumb|70 Virginis as seen in the program [[Celestia]]]] '''70 Virginis''' is a yellow dwarf [[star]] that is around 58 [[light-year]]s away from the [[Earth]] in the [[constellation]] Virgo. 70 Virginis is not as big or hot as [[Earth]]'s [[Sun]].<ref>{{cite web|title=70 Virginis Solar System|url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761587637/70_virginis_solar_system.html|author=MSN Encarta Online|access-date=1 August 2009|archive-date=20 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820083003/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761587637/70_Virginis_Solar_System.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1996, 70 Virginis was found to have an [[extrasolar planet]] in [[orbit]] around it.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1996ApJ...464L.147M&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1 | author=Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul| title=A Planetary Companion to 70 Virginis | journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters | volume=464 |year=1996 | issue=2| pages=L147 – L151| doi=10.1086/310096 | bibcode=1996ApJ...464L.147M| s2cid=9528214}}</ref> There is also a dust disc that orbits the star. The temperature of the disc is 156 [[Kelvin|K]] and it is about 3.4 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] from the star.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2008ApJ...674.1086T&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1|author=Trilling, D. E.; Bryden, G.; Beichman, C. A.; Rieke, G. H.; Su, K. Y. L.; Stansberry, J. A.; Blaylock, M.; Stapelfeldt, K. R.; Beeman, J. W.; Haller, E. E.|title=Debris Disks around Sun-like Stars|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=674|issue=2|pages=1086–1105|year=2008|doi=10.1086/525514|arxiv=0710.5498|bibcode=2008ApJ...674.1086T|s2cid=54940779}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?protocol=html&Ident=70+Virginis&NbIdent=1&Radius=10&Radius.unit=arcmin&CooFrame=FK5&CooEpoch=2000&CooEqui=2000&output.max=all&o.catall=on&output.mesdisp=N&Bibyear1=1983&Bibyear2=2006&Frame1=FK5&Frame2=F