van Maanen 2

van Maanen 2, also called Van Maanen's Star, is a white dwarf star and the closest white dwarf to the Sun that does not have a companion. It is larger than the Earth^[1] but is two-thirds the mass of the Sun.^[2] It is 14 light years away and is in the constellation Pisces.^[3] It was once a star larger and hotter than the Sun (like Sirius) that became a red giant before becoming a white dwarf.

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[1] ttps://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08902

[2] ttps://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02297

[3] ISBN 0-486-23673-0

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