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Publications

• A comprehensive comparison of the Sun to other stars: searching for self-selection effects. J.A. Robles et al. 2008: arXiv:0805.2962
  
• HD98618 A Star Colosely Resembling Our Sun. Melendez, Dodds-Eden & Robles. ApJ 2006
  
• Is the Sun a Random Star? Robles & Lineweaver, National Space Society of Australia Ltd 2006
  
• Towards a Classification System of Terrestrial Planets Lineweaver & Robles, National Space Society of Australia Ltd 2006
  

  Posters

• Solar System Abundances Pattern Protostars and Planets V 2005, Big Island, Hawaii (BibCode: 2005prpl.conf.8389R).
  
• How Typical is the Sun? Bioastronomy 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  

  Media Releases

  HD98618: A Solar Twin

• In January 2006 Jorge Melendez, Katie Dodds-Eden and I discovered that the star HD98618 is the second closest Solar Twin (after 18-Scorpii found by Porto de Melo et al. 1997). This star is virtually the same size, age, temperature and chemical composition as the Sun, with each value off by just a few percent. It even rotates at about the same speed as the Sun.
  
  "HD98618: A STAR CLOSELY RESEMBLING OUR SUN"
  Melendez, J., Dodds-Eden, K., & Robles, J., A., 2006, ApJL, 641, 133.
  
  Several websites have written articles about this exciting star that could shed light on Earth-like planets:
  
  
  • Nature: "Bright future for Sun's twin"
    
    
  • The Australian National University "New solar twin could shed light on another Earth"
    
    
  • Ken Croswell "A Solar Twin in the Big Dipper"
    
    
  • Physorg.com: "New solar twin could shed light on another Earth"
    
    
  • Research School of Astronommy & Astrophysics "A Solar Twin in the Big Dipper"
    
    
  • Universe Today "A Nearby Twin of the Sun"
    
    
  • Space Ref? "New solar twin could shed light on another Earth"
    
    
  • Reforma "Encuentran Estrella Gemela del Sol" (Spanish)
    
    
  • C.NEWS "********?" (Russian)
    
    
  • SETI@NETHERRLANDS "Stralende toekomst voor de tweelingzus van de zon" (Dutch)
    
    
  • ianci "Scoperto un gemello del Sole a 126 anni luce dalla Terra" (Italian)
    
    
  • Diepresse "Zwillingsschwester der Sonne" (German)
    
    
  • SCI Tech Info "Solar Twin may aid search for planets like Earth"
    
    
  • Geological Survey of Iran "The Earth already is shaking beneath melting ice"
    
    
  • Space QJ.net "title?"
    
    
  • Whats Next in Science & Tech "Sun's twin could shed light on another Earth"
    
    
  • tom.com. "No idea" (Chinese)
    
  
  
  
  
  
  

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