Astronomy:40 Arietis

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Short description: Binary star in the constellation Aries
40 Arietis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Aries
Right ascension  02h 48m 32.08864s[1]
Declination +18° 17′ 01.6491″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.82[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K1 III[3]
U−B color index 1.13
B−V color index +1.20[2]
R−I color index 0.44
Variable type suspected[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+47.1[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +41.250[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −32.585[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.3266 ± 0.1215[1] mas
Distance445 ± 7 ly
(136 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.09[6]
Details[7]
Mass1.60±0.48 M
Radius19.74+0.29
−0.96
[1] R
Luminosity127.98±2.52[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.09±0.11 cgs
Temperature4,473±92 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.21±0.05 dex
Age2.63+1.00
−0.72
 Gyr
Other designations
40 Ari, NSV 937, BD+17°442, GC 3369, HD 17459, HIP 13108, HR 828, SAO 93118[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

40 Arietis is a probable binary star[3] system in the northern constellation of Aries. 40 Arietis is the Flamsteed designation. Their combined apparent magnitude is 5.82,[2] putting the system near the limit of naked eye visibility. Based upon an annual parallax shift of just 7.33 mas,[1] it is 445 light-years (136 parsecs) away from the Sun. At that distance, its brightness is diminished by 0.21 in magnitude from extinction caused by interstellar gas and dust.[9]

This is a suspected spectroscopic binary with an angular separation of 0.2 between the two components.[3] The visible component is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III.[3] It is a suspected variable star of unknown type,[4] and is around 2.6 billion years old with 1.6 times the mass of the Sun.[7] With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted, the star has expanded to 20 times the Sun's radius.[1] It is radiating 128 times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,473 K.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nicolet, B. (1978), "Photoelectric photometric Catalogue of homogeneous measurements in the UBV System", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 34: 1–49, Bibcode1978A&AS...34....1N. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869–879, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Samus, N. N. et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1 61 (1): 80–88, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, Bibcode2017ARep...61...80S. 
  5. Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington), Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  6. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Feuillet, Diane K. et al. (2016), "Determining Ages of APOGEE Giants with Known Distances", The Astrophysical Journal 817 (1): 40, doi:10.3847/0004-637X/817/1/40, Bibcode2016ApJ...817...40F. 
  8. "40 Ari". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=40+Ari. 
  9. Famaey, B. et al. (January 2005), "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters", Astronomy and Astrophysics 430 (1): 165–186, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272, Bibcode2005A&A...430..165F. 

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