Ross 128

Also known as FI Virginis, FI Vir, GJ 447, Zkh 169, PLX 2730, EPIC 201518346, ASCC 1136005, GAT 1131

small star in the equatorial zodiac constellation of Virgo

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: PM*
Spectral type: dM4
Distance: 11 light-years
Redshift: z = -0.00010226552246928033
Coordinates: RA 176.9350° · Dec 0.8046°

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Key facts

Constellation: Virgo
Right ascension: 11 47 44.39727
Declination: +00 ° 48 ′ 16.4003 ″
Evolutionary stage: Main sequence
Spectral type: M4V
U b color index: +2.685
B v color index: +1.59
Variable type: Flare star

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 3.3806
Radius: 0.1967
Mass: 0.168
Image: Ross128.jpg

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spectral class: dM4.0
catalog code: VVO 214
apparent magnitude: 9.601
metallicity: 0
parallax: 296.3053
absolute magnitude: 13.51
effective temperature: 3192
luminosity: 0.00362
Commons category: Ross 128
radial velocity: -30.372801
surface gravity: 100000
right ascension component of proper motion: 607.299
declination component of proper motion: -1223.028
age estimated by a dating method: 5.0
right ascension: 176.93498861692
declination: 0.80455565090
stellar rotational velocity: 2.1

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Ross 128 is a red dwarf star in the equatorial zodiac constellation of Virgo, near β Virginis. The apparent magnitude of Ross 128 is 11.13, which is too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. Based upon parallax measurements, the distance of this star from Earth is 11.007 light-years (3.375 parsecs), making it the twelfth closest stellar system to the Solar System. It was first cataloged in 1926 by American astronomer Frank Elmore Ross. It is the nearest star in Virgo, and so is occasionally called "Proxima Virginis" by analogy with Proxima Centauri.

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