Groombridge 1618 [SEP] constellation
Groombridge 1618
Groombridge 1618 is a star in the northern constellation Ursa Major. With an apparent visual magnitude of +6.6, it lies at or below the threshold of stars visible to the naked eye for an average observer. It is located close to Earth, at a distance of less than 16 light years. This is a main sequence star of spectral type K7.5 Ve, having just 67% of the Sun's mass. There is a suspected planetary companion with an orbital period of 122 days.
Properties.
- "The Black Hole Project" (2013) by C. Sanford Lowe and G. David Nordley. In the novel, Groombridge 34A is one of the stars launching an impactor to make the mini-black hole. It is also the site of an almost terraformed colony planet named New Antarctica.
List of planetary systems in fiction Groombridge 1618.
- "Mindbridge" (1976), novel by Joe Haldeman. A planet orbiting Groombridge 1618 is the homeworld of the psi-amplifying Groombridge Bridge. It is accessible from the