Re: Mercury and 61 Cygni B

On 1 m=E4rts, 22:07, Damien Valentine <valen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Isn't 61 Cygni B a flare star?

Yes.

But are unpredictable flares realy so much worse than unpredictable
weather?

> I also wonder what effect 61 Cygni A
> would have; is it close enough to B that it matters?

44 a. u. at periapsis, 124 a. u. at apoapsis.

Which means that it has about 15 times the luminosity of full moon at
periapsis and 2 times the luminosity of full moon at apoapsis.