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Yellow Main Sequence Star


Constellation: Pegasus
Right Ascension: 22 57 27.9805
Declination: 20 46 07.796
Distance from Sol: 42 Light Years
Alternate Designations: HD 217014
HD 217014
SAO 090896
Spectral Type: G2 IV
Apparent Magnitude: 5.49
B-V Color: 0.67
Mass: 0.95 Solar Masses
Radius: 1.4 Solar Radii
Effective Temperature: 5770 Kelvin
Metallicity: 0.06 - 0.19 [Fe/H]
~1.14 times Solar
Age: 7100 Million Years
Inner Edge of Habitability Zone: 0.69 AU
Outer Edge of Habitability Zone: 2.18 AU
Estimated Stellar Lifespan 11663 million years

In a 1999 study by Trilling et al., no Kuiper Belt was found around 51 Pegasi.


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