Sol has a sibling.

Janus · Post #1by **Janus** » 22.11.2018, 17:41

Not of the sciency goodness, but definitely amusing.
A good place to look for signs of life I would think.
Same make up, same age, same galactic orbit.

https://science.slashdot.org/story/18/11/21/23102 ... star-is-suns-long-lost-sibling

For amusement.

Janus.

Post #2by **selden** » 22.11.2018, 18:25

It's in Celestia: HIP 97507 = HD 186302

Joey P. · Post #3by **Joey P.** » 18.03.2019, 03:55

Yes, it is in Celestia, but it is a type G3 star rather than G2.

vpontin · Post #4by **vpontin** » 21.03.2019, 00:30

Is possible to override the type via an extra, just like we do with any SSC file?

Gurren Lagann · Post #5by **Gurren Lagann** » 21.03.2019, 00:55

vpontin wrote:Is possible to override the type via an extra, just like we do with any SSC file?

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Modify 97507 { SpectralType "G2V" }

vpontin · Post #6by **vpontin** » 21.03.2019, 01:02

THANKS A LOT!

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Anyway i created a GH issue addressing this (althrough in Wikipedia they also say this star is a G3, dunno what is correct).

LukeCEL · Post #7by **LukeCEL** » 21.03.2019, 04:44

vpontin wrote:(althrough in Wikipedia they also say this star is a G3, dunno what is correct).

I'm think it's G3/5V. Solar twins don't necessarily have to be G2V (see the list on Wikipedia for an example). Although an exact solar twin would have the exact parameters as the Sun, this is unlikely because no two stars are identical. Also, SIMBAD and all the other sources in VizieR say that the spectral type is G3/5V or some variation of that. (Maybe they just copied from the HD catalogue, but that's a different problem.)