Re: conplaneteering

I should think a K-type giant star is a better bet than a short-lived B-type
supergiant for a planetary system with a habitable planet. You will need to
site your planet at a comparatively short distance from kappa Vir in order
for it to receive enough em energy to start the biological processes going.
Mike
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
> Carsten
>
> [1] Kappa because my first name begins with [k], Virgo
> because I was born on August 26. It's the same method Mark
> Reed or Ray Brown or so used for placing their conworld.
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