re:Rotation period

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re:Rotation period

SteveS — 10/19/2005 5:38:25 PM (archived)

Precise photometric observations at Fairborn Observatory confirm low-level
brightness variability in GJ 876 and provide the first explicit determination
of the star's 96.7-day rotation period.

Wow, that's a bit slow for such a small star isn't it?

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A ~ 7.5 Earth-Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby Star, GJ 876 - LJK - 10/19/2005 2:38:17 PM
- re: A ~ 7.5 Earth-Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby Star, GJ 876 - nick hoffman - 10/20/2005 1:56:12 AM
- re:Rotation period - SteveS - 10/19/2005 5:38:25 PM
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