Re: conplaneteering

Hallo!

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:29:46 +0100,
Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> wrote:

> While reading this thread, I wondered if it wouldn't be
> better to put my planet into the orbit of κ Virgo[1] to
> make an end to unscientific guesswork. However, an
> astronomy program that came with a version of Knoppix Linux
> said κ Virgo was 85.6x our sun in size, was in class K3III
> (cf. G2V), had a surface temperature of 4730K (cf. 5860K),
> had a radius of 18.38x our sun and a rotation period of
> 53,000 days (cf. 25,400 days). Would it be better suitable
> for life than Mark's star?
Nope.  It's not even on the main sequence, but a red giant,
i.e. a dying star - which has destroyed its terrestrial planets,
if it had any.  The red giant stage is neither long-lived nor
stable enough to allow for the evolution of life on any planets
or moons of the star.

Greetings,

Jörg.