Hamal (Alpha Arietis)

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Hamal System - Data Panel
System	Location: - Distance from Sheratan (Beta Arietis): 8.386 ly (J2000) - Distance from Sol: 65.81 ly (J2000) - Constellation: Aries
Star	Names: Hamal, Alpha Arietis, 13 Arietis, GJ 9072, HD 12929, HIP 9884, HR 617 Physical characteristics: - Mass: 1.65 x Sol - Radius: 15.06 x Sol - Luminosity: 77.36 x Sol (bolometric) - Temperature: 4,411 Kelvin - Spectral type: K2 III - Age: 3.4 billion years System: 1) Gatewai: AithaliJovian HydrogeoBarian Semi-major axis = 1.21 AU, Orbital period = 1.04 years, Eccentricity = 0.25, Mass = 1.98 x Jupiter, Radius = 11.43 x Earth

This system briefly became famous for the appearance of the so-called "Femtotech Messiah", a being who is said to have appeared on several distant worlds almost simultaneously to work miracles. This was later dismissed as a hoax.

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Development Notes

Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Updated by The Astronomer
Initially published on 01 November 2001.

Updated with a real exoplanet Alpha Arietis b from this paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4431 .

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Hamal System - Data Panel