Astronomy:7 Arietis

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Short description: Binary star system in the constellation Aries
7 Arietis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Aries
Right ascension  01h 55m 51.03905s[1]
Declination +23° 34′ 38.3509″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.76[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K1 III[3]
U−B color index +1.04[4]
B−V color index +1.185[4]
Variable type Eclipsing binary[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+15.95[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +11.050[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −9.513[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.3941 ± 0.1720[1] mas
Distance600 ± 20 ly
(185 ± 6 pc)
Details
Radius25.0+0.9
−1.4
[1] R
Luminosity231.3±8.5[1] L
Temperature4500+130
−78
[1] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.8±1.0[7] km/s
Other designations
7 Ari, RR Arietis, BD+22 284, FK5 2130, HD 11763, HIP 8993, HR 559, SAO 75030[4]
Database references
SIMBADdata

7 Arietis is a binary star[3] system in the northern constellation of Aries. 7 Arietis is the Flamsteed designation. The pair have a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.76,[2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye from dark suburban skies. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.39 mas,[1] it is approximately 600 light-years (180 parsecs) distant from the Earth, give or take a 30 light-year margin of error. It is drifting further away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +16 km/s.[6]

This is listed as an eclipsing binary system with a period of 47.9 days and has the variable star designation RR Arietis. During each eclipse of the primary star, the magnitude of the system decreases by 0.40. The eclipse of the secondary reduces the magnitude by 0.35.[5] The primary component of the system is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III.[3] It is about 25 times the size of the Sun and is radiating 231 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an eeffective temperature of 4,500 K.[1]

The eclipsing binary nature of this star has been disputed by Italian astronomer Ennio Poretti.[8] Observations made as part of the British Astronomical Association eclipsing binaries program by Tristram Brelstaff were also unable to confirm eclipses.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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 Richichi, A.; Percheron, I.; Khristoforova, M. (February 2005), "CHARM2: An updated Catalog of High Angular Resolution Measurements", Astronomy and Astrophysics 431 (2): 773–777, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042039, Bibcode2005A&A...431..773R. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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 4.2 "7 Ari". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=7+Ari. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Malkov, O. Yu. et al. (February 2006), "A catalogue of eclipsing variables", Astronomy and Astrophysics 446 (2): 785–789, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053137, Bibcode2006A&A...446..785M. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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. 
  7. De Medeiros, J. R. et al. (November 2002), "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars. II. Ib supergiant stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 395: 97–98, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021214, Bibcode2002A&A...395...97D. 
  8. Poretti, Ennio (1984). "RR Ari: Not a variable star". Astrophysics and Space Science 106 (1): 201–203. doi:10.1007/BF00653927. Bibcode1984Ap&SS.106..201P. 
  9. Isles, J. E. (1985). "Eclipsing Binaries, Andromeda To Camelopardalis, in 1972-1983". Journal of the British Astronomical Association 96: 27–32. Bibcode1985JBAA...96...27I. 

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