This research led to various fields of interest, including the study of statistical characteristics of solar-type binary stars.

Beyond this, 15-20% of solar-type stars have an observed infrared excess which is believed to indicate massive Kuiper belt-like structures.

Astronomers are planning a coordinated two-prong search strategy, one operation looking at known solar-type stars and the other conducting an all-sky survey.

This definition fits approximately 10% of stars, so a list of solar-type stars would be quite extensive.

The following table shows a sample of solar-type stars within 50 light years that nearly satisfy the criteria for solar analogs, based on current measurements.

It is the closest extrasolar planet to Earth discovered, and the lowest-minimum-mass planet detected so far around a solar-type star.

The binary system contains some of the closest young solar-type stars to the Sun, with a system age of about 200 million years old.

In 1986, it became the first solar-type star to have the emission from an X-ray flare observed.

Last year astronomers reported the detection of three large planets - two of them with masses much greater than Jupiter's - orbiting a solar-type star.

A large range of Li abundances is observed in solar-type stars of the same age, mass and metallicity as the Sun.