Astronomy:Chi Leonis

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Short description: Double star system in the constellation Leo
χ Leonis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension  11h 05m 01.02754s[1]
Declination +07° 20′ 09.6235″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.63[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence[3]
Spectral type F2III-IVv[4]
U−B color index +0.06[2]
B−V color index +0.33[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+4.7[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −344.28[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −47.65[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)34.49 ± 0.20[1] mas
Distance94.6 ± 0.5 ly
(29.0 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+2.31[6]
Details
Mass1.62[7] M
Radius1.99[8] R
Luminosity9.9[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.02[7] cgs
Temperature7022±80[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.03[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)25±1[4] km/s
Age1.40[7] Gyr
Other designations
χ Leo, 63 Leo, BD+08°2455, FK5 418, HD 96097, HIP 54182, HR 4310, SAO 118648[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Chi Leonis, Latinized from χ Leonis, is a double star in the constellation Leo. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.63.[2] The distance to this star, as determined using parallax measurements,[1] is around 95 light years. It has an annual proper motion of 346 mas.[10]

This is most likely a binary star system.[11] The primary component has a stellar classification of F2III-IVv, which at first would classify it as a F-type star between the giant and subgiant evolutionary stages,[4] but evolutionary models suggest the star is instead in the main sequence.[3][12] It has an estimated 162% of the Sun's mass[7] and nearly twice the Sun's radius.[8] The companion is a magnitude 11.0 star at an angular separation of 4.1 along a position angle of 264°, as of 1990.[13]

Observation

On 18 October 2015, it was occulted by Mars as viewed from East Asia and Japan.[14]: 165 

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data (SIMBAD), Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Royer, F. et al. (October 2002), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i", Astronomy and Astrophysics 393: 897–911, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020943, Bibcode2002A&A...393..897R. 
  5. Wilson, R. E. (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Carnegie Institute of Washington, D.C.), Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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 7.3 7.4 7.5 Casagrande, L. et al. (2011), "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey", Astronomy & Astrophysics 530 (A138): 21, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276, Bibcode2011A&A...530A.138C. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Rachford, Brian L.; Foight, Dillon R. (June 2009), "Chromospheric Variability in Early F-Type Stars", The Astrophysical Journal 698 (1): 786–802, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/698/1/786, Bibcode2009ApJ...698..786R. 
  9. "* chi Leo". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+chi+Leo. 
  10. Lépine, Sébastien; Shara, Michael M. (March 2005), "A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)", The Astronomical Journal 129 (3): 1483–1522, doi:10.1086/427854, Bibcode2005AJ....129.1483L. 
  11. 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. 
  12. "20.2.1 astrophysical_parameters‣ 20.2 Astrophysical parameter tables ‣ Chapter 20 Datamodel description ‣ Part V Gaia archive ‣ Gaia Data Release 3 Documentation release 1.3". https://gea.esac.esa.int/archive/documentation/GDR3/Gaia_archive/chap_datamodel/sec_dm_astrophysical_parameter_tables/ssec_dm_astrophysical_parameters.html#astrophysical_parameters-evolstage_flame. 
  13. Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466–3471, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M. 
  14. Meeus, Jan (2002). "Mutual occultations of planets". More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels. pp. 174–185. ISBN 0943396743. https://falakmu.id/khgt/dokumen/More%20mathematical%20astronomy%20morsels%20(Jean%20Meeus)%20(Z-Library).pdf.