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Vindemiatrix

 

 

Gas giant in the Vindemiatrix System and one of its moons

 

 

System: Vindemiatrix (Epsilon Virginis)

Stellar Type: G8III ☼

Mass (Sol): 2.6

Companion Star(s): None

Distance from Earth: 110 ly

Constellation: Virgo

Population: 40 Million

 

 

Summary:

Vindemiatrix is a yellow g-class giant star in the Virgo constellation.  The star is orbited by a large gas giant which has multiple moons.  Orbiting at a distance of 7 AU from the star, the moons of the Vindemiatrix System were frozen for a short period after cooling enough from the system's formation.  The moons iced over then were quickly melted into global oceans as Vindemiatrix blew up into a giant.  Under thick atmospheres and protected by a strong magnetosphere around the gas giant, the moons water covered surfaces are shielded from the stars intense luminosity and radiation

Closest Inhabited Systems:

 

Name

Distance (ly)

Type

Destiny

40.54

K0V

59 Virginis

44.01

G0V

70 Virginis

44.21

G5V

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