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Originally Posted by Vanda
Which brings me to good ole sol. Presumed part of a loose cluster when born. Read in Wikipadia somewhere that there are some 10-11 stars that are paralleling alpha centauri's course. Which makes me curious - are any paralleling sol? Has too much time elapsed for us to identify any stars born next to ours - part of sols original cluster. I assume all those billions of years has been enough time to make sol's siblings impossible to trace?
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I vaguely remember reading some where that there have been a few stars identified as being sibbling of Sol. Vaguely.
The chemical composition of sibbling stars is very specific by tracing the isotope signature. It's like a genetic marker.
I just cannot remember where I came across this article.