Omicron2 Eridani
A triple star that lies 16 light-years away and has the first white dwarf ever discovered.
Oort Cloud ...
Omicron2 Eridani is an interesting triple system only 15.9 light years away. AB form a very wide pair, with orbit of perhaps 8000-9000 years: 4.5, 9.7; PA 105º, separation 82.8".
40 Eridani (also known as Omicron2 Eridani, or Keid, from the Arabic word qayd "(egg) shells") is a triple star system less than 16.5 light years away from Earth.
Because Omicron1 Eridani was named "The Egg" (Al Baid, now Beid) by the Arabs for its position near the nest of the Ostrich (Theta Eridani 2, which is located much further south), Omicron2 Eridani nearby to the southeast was called "The Egg-shells" ...
which is specified so that the probability of the true value of the measured quantity lying within the uncertainty interval is two out of three. There is one chance in three that the true value lies outside the interval. [G97]
Omicron2 Eridani ...
 See also: Constellation, Earth, Dwarf, Star, Orbit
  
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