HD 98618: A star closely resembling our sun

Jorge Meléndez; Katie Dodds-Eden; José A. Robles

doi:10.1086/503898

HD 98618: A star closely resembling our sun

Jorge Meléndez^*, Katie Dodds-Eden, José A. Robles

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Despite the observational effort carried out in the last few decades, no perfect solar twin has been found to date. An important milestone was achieved a decade ago by Porto de Mello & da Silva, who showed that 18 Sco is almost a solar twin. In the present work, we use extremely high resolution (R = 10 ⁵), high signal-to-noise ratio Keck HIRES spectra to carry out a differential analysis of 16 solar-twin candidates. We show that HD 98618 is the second-closest solar twin and that the fundamental parameters of both HD 98618 and 18 Sco are very similar (within a few percent) to the host star of our solar system, including the likelihood of hosting a terrestrial planet within their habitable zones. We suggest that these stars should be given top priority in exoplanet and SETI surveys.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L133-L136
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	641
Issue number	2 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/503898
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2006

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