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Re: Programming a calendar system

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2004, 21:29
Quoting Michael Poxon <m.poxon@...>:

> More sorries - I know the Sun is a G star, but I was referring to a mass of > 1.6 Sol being reasonable for a K star. Actually K stars are often bigger > than the > Sun (Arcturus, Aldebaran...) but are less dense, thus leading to my > assumption above.
But those a elderly giant stars; main sequence K stars, which are the ones relevant for planets capable of hosting earth-like life, are smaller than the Sun. Andreas

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