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• An Excess Due to Small Grains Around The Nearby K0V Star HD69830: Asteroid or Comet Debris?

About the Object	Object Name: HD 69830 Object Type: K0V Star (about 2 billion years old) Position (J2000): RA: 8h18m23.9s Dec: -12d37m55.8s Distance: 41 light-years or 12.6 pc Constellation: Puppis
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/C. Beichman (JPL) Instrument: IRS Wavelength: 14-35 microns Exposure Date: 18 April 2004 Exposure Time: 12 minutes Release Date: 20 April 2005
Observers	C.A. Beichman (JPL) G. Bryden (JPL) T.N. Gautier (JPL) K.R. Staplfeldt (JPL) M.W. Werner (JPL) K. Misselt (University of Arizona) G. Rieke (University of Arizona) J. Stansberry (University of Arizona) D. Trilling (University of Arizona)

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