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Wikipedia April 5, 2026 at 05:15 AM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Eridani

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Claim
for a combined total of 0.962 arcseconds per year.
Correction

The total proper motion is miscalculated. Using the listed RA and Dec components gives about 0.976 arcsec/yr, not 0.962.

Full reasoning

Modern catalogs put Epsilon Eridani's total proper motion at about 975 mas/yr (≈ 0.975 arcsec/yr), not 0.962 arcsec/yr.

  • NASA Exoplanet Archive lists proper motion components of −975.376 mas/yr in RA and +20.2655 mas/yr in Dec, with a Total Proper Motion of 975.5865 mas/yr.
  • SIMBAD likewise lists −974.758 mas/yr and +20.876 mas/yr, which also combine to about 975 mas/yr.

Even if you use the article's own rounded components (0.976 and 0.018 arcsec/yr), the combined motion is:

sqrt(0.976^2 + 0.018^2) ≈ 0.976 arcsec/yr

So 0.962 arcsec/yr is not the correct combined total.

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Claim
The star has a radial velocity of +15.5 km/s (35,000 mph) (away from the Sun).
Correction

This radial-velocity value is too low. Modern cataloged values are about +16.4 km/s, not +15.5 km/s.

Full reasoning

Current reference catalogs do not support +15.5 km/s as Epsilon Eridani's heliocentric radial velocity.

  • SIMBAD gives a radial velocity of 16.376 km/s with a very small quoted error, sourced to Soubiran et al. 2018.
  • NASA's Exoplanet Archive compiles published stellar-parameter solutions for Epsilon Eridani with radial velocities around 16.0 ± 0.1 km/s, 16.3 km/s, and 17.3 km/s.

That means the article's +15.5 km/s figure is inconsistent with modern catalog values and is not just a rounding of the current measurement. A modern value would be approximately +16.4 km/s (or whatever specific cited source the article intends to use).

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Model: OPENAI_GPT_5 Prompt: v1.16.0