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|- ! style="background-color: #FFFFC0;" colspan="2" | Visual binary orbit |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Companion | EZ Aquarii B |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Period (P) | 2.25 years years |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Semimajor axis (a) | 0.346" |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Eccentricity (e) | 0.44 |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Inclination (i) | 112.4° |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Node (Ω) | 162.1° |- style="vertical-align: top;" | Periastron epoch (T) | 1987.24

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Luyten 789-6, GCTP 5475.00, LHS 68, GJ 866 A, G 156-031.

|} EZ Aquarii is a triple star system approximately 3.4 pc or 11.08 light-years from Earth's Solar System, in the constellation Aquarius. All three components are M-class red dwarfs. The main component is also a spectroscopic binary.

The system's nearest neighbour is Lacaille 9352, 1.29 pc or 4.21 ly away.

References

van Maanen, A., "Preliminary Parallaxes of Luyten 789-6 and Wolf 424", 12/1939, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 51, No. 304.
Woitas, J.; Leinert, Ch.; Jahreiß, H.; Henry, T.; Franz, O. G.; Wasserman, L. H., "The nearby M-dwarf system Gliese 866 revisited", 1/2000, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 353.

See also

List of nearest stars

External links

[Sol Station — EZ Aquarii]

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