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Ross and Wolf nearby stars

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HD 119850

Wolf 498, also cataloged as GJ 526, HD 119850, and Lalande 25372, is a nearby M1-M2 red dwarf in Boötes about 5.4 parsecs away, with a 48.7-day rotation period and no confirmed planets.

Ross 104

Ross 104 (GJ 408, HIP 53767, LHS 6193) is a nearby M-type red dwarf about 6.75 parsecs (21.6 light-years) away in Leo, with mass 0.38 solar masses, a 53.17-day rotation period, and a partly convective interior.

Ross 128

Ross 128 is a quiet red dwarf star about 11 light-years from the Sun in Virgo, closest star in the constellation and host of the temperate planet Ross 128 b.

Ross 619

Ross 619 (GJ 299, LHS 35) is a single M4V red dwarf about 6.77 parsecs (22 light-years) from the Sun in Cancer, with Teff 3225 K, Gaia DR2 parallax 145.48 mas, and a high proper motion.

Ross 671

Ross 671 (Gliese 880, HD 216899) is an M1.5 V red dwarf in Pegasus about 22.4 light years away, among the 100 nearest star systems, with one known planet, Gliese 880 b; also an Elite Dangerous game system.

Ross 905

Ross 905, also known as GJ 436 (Gliese 436), is a nearby M3V red dwarf star in the constellation Leo, about 32 light-years from Earth, known for hosting the exoplanet GJ 436 b.

Wolf 1061

Wolf 1061 (GJ 628), nearby M3 red dwarf about 4.3 parsecs away in Ophiuchus, hosts three super-Earth planets found by radial velocity in 2015; planet c orbits near the habitable zone's inner edge.

Wolf 1069

Wolf 1069 (GJ 1253) is a nearby M5.0 V red dwarf 9.6 pc away with one confirmed planet, Wolf 1069 b, an Earth-mass, likely tidally locked world on a 15.6-day orbit inside the star's conservative habitable zone, discovered with CARMENES radial velocities in 2023.