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Kepler-84

Kepler-84 is a Sun-like star 1118 light years (342 parsecs) from the Sun. Kepler-84 is a G-type star and a near solar twin A speckle survey of G-dwarfs by Elliott P. Horch in 2002 noted that Kepler-84 may not be non-single star.

Sun comparison

This chart compares the Sun to Kepler-84.


To date no solar twin with an exact match as that of the Sun has been found, however, there are some stars that come very close to being identical to that of the Sun, and are such considered solar twins by the majority of the public. An exact solar twin would be a G2V star with a 5,778K temperature, be 4.6 billion years old, with the correct metallicity and a 0.1% solar luminosity variation. Stars with an age of 4.6 billion years are at the most stable state. Proper metallicity and size are also very important to low luminosity variation.

References

Kepler-84 Wikipedia