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'''Wolf 359''' is the fourth closest star at only 7.7 light years; only [[Proxima Centauri]], [[Alpha Centauri]] and [[Barnard's Star]] are closer. The star can be found in the constellation of [[Leo]]. One of the faintest known stars, it cannot be seen by the unaided eye and has a visual magnitude of only 13.54.
'''Wolf 359''' is the fourth closest star at only 7.7 light years; only [[Proxima Centauri]], [[Alpha Centauri]] and [[Barnard's Star]] are closer. The star can be found in the constellation of [[Leo]]. One of the faintest known stars, it cannot be seen by the unaided eye and has a visual magnitude of only 13.54.
At present there are no known companion bodies orbiting Wolf 359.<ref>http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2000AJ....119..906S&db_key=AST&high=38e0b7728707947</ref> For an Earthlike world to have liquid water on its surface (within the [[habitable zone]]), it would have to be only .0042 AU from its parent star. Such a world would be tidally locked to Wolf 359, and be repeatedly exposed to intense radiation from the occasional flares.
At present there are no known companion bodies orbiting Wolf 359.<ref>http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2000AJ....119..906S&db_key=AST&high=38e0b7728707947</ref> For an Earthlike world to have liquid water on its surface (within the [[habitable zone]]), it would have to be only .0042 AU from its parent star. Such a world would be tidally locked to Wolf 359, and be repeatedly exposed to intense radiation from the occasional flares.
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