Wolf 359
- Type
- Star System
- Diameter
- 124,499 miles
- Distance
- 7.8 light years
- Temperature
- 4,400 °F
- Star Type
- M6V - Red Dwarf
- Planets
- 2 (unconfirmed)
- Date of Discovery
- Unknown
- Wolf 359 is one of the closest stars to us, is a small and cool red dwarf star, and may have two planets in orbit around it. Measuring distances of stars is challenging, and Wolf 359 is one that moves quickly across the sky compared to most other stars.
- Draw Wolf 359 and the two planets it might have.
- Located in
- Leo, Milky Way
- Wolf 359 is one of the coolest stars that can generate hydrogen fusion and shine. It is able to output on 0.1% of the energy of the sun.
- It is a younger star than our sun, thought to be at most about a billion years old.
- It is only slightly larger than Jupiter, with Jupiter being 73% of the size of Wolf 359.
- Red dwarf stars like Wolf 359 can generate massive flares, which create raditation. It is thought one of the proposed planets might receive three times more radiation than Earth does.
