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Van Maanen's star(Redirected from Van Maanen's Star)
Van Maanen's Star is a white dwarf, the second such star discovered and the closest one to the Sun after Sirius B. It is also known as van Maanen 2, G 001-027, GCTP 160.00 and LHS 7. It is located 14.4 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Pisces, and has a relatively high proper motion of 2.98" annually. It is far too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Its mass is about 7/10 that of the Sun, but its diameter and brightness are far less. It was discovered in 1917 by Adriaan Van Maanen. External linkThe contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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