Astronomy:KELT-2

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Short description: Star in the constellation Auriga
KELT-2
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension  06h 10m 39.345s[1]
Declination +30° 57′ 25.71″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.68[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F7 V
B−V color index 0.53
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−47.38[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 16.865[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −2.155[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.4327 ± 0.0217[1] mas
Distance439 ± 1 ly
(134.5 ± 0.4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.27[3]
Details[2]
Mass1.314+0.063−0.06 M
Radius1.84+0.07−0.05 R
Luminosity3.6 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.03+0.02−0.03 cgs
Temperature6148±48 K
Metallicity0.03±0.08
Rotation12.9+0.2−0.5 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)9±2 km/s
Age3.97±0.01 Gyr
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata
Extrasolar Planets
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KELT-2 (also called HD 42176) is a yellow white main sequence star located about 439 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. The apparent magnitude of this star is 8.77, which means it is not visible to the naked eye but can be seen with a binoculars.

KELT-2A is the primary star in the common-proper-motion binary star system KELT-2 (HD 42176). KELT-2B is an early K dwarf approximately 295 AU away, which was discovered simultaneously with the planet KELT-2Ab.[4]

Planetary system

This star has one known planet, the extrasolar planet KELT-2Ab.[4]

The KELT-2 planetary system[5][4]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 1.524 ± 0.088 MJ 0.05504 ± 0.00086 4.113789 ± 0.000009 0 1.290 ± 0.057 RJ

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mengel, M. W.; Marsden, S. C.; Carter, B. D.; Horner, J.; King, R.; Fares, R.; Jeffers, S. V.; Petit, P. et al. (2016), "A BCool survey of the magnetic fields of planet-hosting solar-type stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 465 (3): 2734–2747, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2949 
  3. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation" (in en). Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331–346. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Beatty, Thomas G. et al. (2012). "KELT-2Ab: A Hot Jupiter Transiting the Bright (V = 8.77) Primary Star of a Binary System". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 756 (2): L39. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/756/2/L39. Bibcode2012ApJ...756L..39B. 
  5. Martioli, Eder; Colón, Knicole D.; Angerhausen, Daniel; Stassun, Keivan G.; Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Zhou, George; Gaudi, B Scott; Pepper, Joshua et al. (2018), "A survey of eight hot Jupiters in secondary eclipse using WIRCam at CFHT", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 474 (3): 4264–4277, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx3009, PMID 30344345 

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Coordinates: Sky map 06h 10m 39s, +30° 57′ 25″