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70 Virginis
Proper Name(s)
  None
Bayer Designation
  None
Flamsteed Number
  70 Virginis
BSC
  5072
HD
  117176
Constellation
  Virgo
Right Ascension
  13h 28m 26s
Declination
  +13° 46' 44"
Distance
  59 light years
  18 parsecs
Magnitude
  Apparent: +5.0
  Absolute: +3.7
Spectral Class
  G5 Yellow Dwarf
Optimum Visibility
  May
 70 Virginis is a yellow dwarf star similar in its physical properties to our own Sun. It has a distant binary companion and is one of the small but expanding number of stars known to possess a planetary system. This seems to consist of a single gigantic planet with almost seven times the mass of Jupiter, known colloquially as 'Goldilocks'.
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