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Title: Evidence for a solar companion star

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OSTI ID:6496864

Periodicity seen in both the mass extinctions and large impact cratering on earth can be explained if one postulates that the sun has a companion star, orbiting in a moderately eccentric orbit with a major axis of 2.8 light-years. No other explanations that have been suggested are compatible with known facts of physics and astronomy. If the companion is a red dwarf star, the most common kind in the galaxy, then no previous astronomical observations would have found it. A search for red objects with large parallax is now underway at Berkeley, and has a good chance of identifying the star in the near future.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6496864
Report Number(s):
LBL-18271; CONF-8406203-1; ON: DE85002069
Resource Relation:
Conference: 112. international Astronomical Union symposium on the search for extraterrestrial life: recent developments, Boston, MA, USA, 18 Jun 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English