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=====Interstellar travel catalog to use photogravitational assists for a full stop===== The following table is based on work by Heller, Hippke and Kervella.<ref>{{Cite journal|arxiv=1704.03871|last1=Heller|first1=RenΓ©|title=Optimized trajectories to the nearest stars using lightweight high-velocity photon sails|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=154|issue=3|pages=115|last2=Hippke|first2=Michael|last3=Kervella|first3=Pierre|year=2017|doi=10.3847/1538-3881/aa813f|bibcode=2017AJ....154..115H|s2cid=119070263 |doi-access=free }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !! Travel time<br> (yr)!! Distance<br> (ly)!! Luminosity<br> ([[Sun|L<sub>β</sub>]]) |- | ''Sirius A'' || 68.90 || 8.58 || 24.20 |- | ''Ξ± Centauri A'' || 101.25 || 4.36 || 1.52 |- | ''Ξ± Centauri B'' || 147.58|| 4.36 || 0.50 |- | ''Procyon A'' || 154.06 || 11.44 || 6.94 |- | ''Vega'' || 167.39 ||25.02 || 50.05 |- | '' Altair'' || 176.67 || 16.69 || 10.70 |- | ''Fomalhaut A'' || 221.33 || 25.13 || 16.67 |- | ''Denebola'' || 325.56 || 35.78|| 14.66 |- | ''Castor A'' || 341.35|| 50.98 || 49.85 |- | ''Epsilon Eridani'' || 363.35 || 10.50 || 0.50 |} * Successive assists at Ξ± Cen A and B could allow travel times to 75 yr to both stars. * Lightsail has a nominal mass-to-surface ratio (Ο<sub>nom</sub>) of 8.6Γ10<sup>β4</sup> gram m<sup>β2</sup> for a nominal graphene-class sail. * Area of the Lightsail, about 10<sup>5</sup> m<sup>2</sup> = (316 m)<sup>2</sup> * Velocity up to 37,300 km s<sup>β1</sup> (12.5% c)
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