Barnard's
Star is a dim, low-mass red dwarf located about 6 light
years from Sol. Barnard's Star is the fourth closest star to Sol.
Barnard's Star has roughly 17% of Sol's mass, 15% of it diameter, and is
considered metal poor with only 30% its metallicity. With an ago of over
10
billions years, Barnard's Star is considered a very old star.
Peter van de Kamp once believed that Barnard's Star had at least one Jupiter
sized planet in its system, but was later found to be an error
and incorrect. Because of its how close Barnard's Star is
to earth, it has always been a heavily studied.
Barnard's Star
is approaching Sol at a fast speed of 140 km per second, it's
believed that Barnard's Star will get as close as 3.8 light
years in around 10,000 years.
The Barnard's Star system contains 3
planets. One of the planets in the Barnard's Star system is
home to an abandoned science station. The planet has a thin atmosphere
and orbits close to Barnard's Star. Even at this close distance
the planet is still very cold because of the dimness of Barnard's Star.
The scientific research station is occasionally
inhabited by vagrants and criminals for short periods of time.
Barnard's Star was one of the
first system's explored after the restoration of interstellar
travel. The lack of easily habitable planets around
Barnard's Star meant the first explorers spent only a small
amount of time in the Barnard's Star system. They visited
and mapped the Barnard's Star planets then moved on to more
fruitful systems.
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System:
Barnard’s Star
Primary Star:
Gliese 699
Stellar Type:
M4V ☼
Companion
Star(s): None
Distance from Earth: 5.96 ly
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Mass:
0.144
Radius:
0.196
Metallicity:
30%
Age:
10 Billion years
Region: Sol
Population:
2,000
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