61 VIRGINIS

'61 Virginis' is a star similar to the Sun, located about 27.8 light-years away in the constellation of Virgo.
There is some evidence that it may have a jovian planet, but seems not to have a nearby massive companion.^[1] A subsequent study also failed to find the large substellar companion (with 20 to 80 times the mass of Jupiter) or a Jupiter-class planet^[2], therefore it is a good candidate for possessing a family of terrestrial planets, including life-bearing planets somewhat like the Earth, with an orbit slightly less and a year slightly smaller than that of the Earth.

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★ 61 Virginis at SolStation

★ Alcyone emphemeris

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1. Campbell et al, 1988, pages 904, 906, and 919
2. Cumming et al, 1999