Astronomy:Lambda Librae

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Short description: Binary star system in the constellation Libra
Lambda Librae
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Libra
Right ascension  15h 53m 20.05463s[1]
Declination −20° 10′ 01.4177″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.03[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B3 V[3]
U−B color index −0.584[2]
B−V color index −0.023[2]
Variable type Rotating ellipsoidal[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−2.0±0.5[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −9.81[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −26.85[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.54 ± 0.91[1] mas
Distance310 ± 30 ly
(95 ± 8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.56[6]
Orbit[7]
Period (P)14.4829±0.0004 d
Eccentricity (e)0.27±0.09
Periastron epoch (T)2435172.380 ± 0.664 JD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
217±17°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
28.5±3.3 km/s
Details
Mass5.01±0.26[8] M
Radius3.9[9] R
Luminosity743[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.75 cgs
Temperature18,700[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.27 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)155[10] km/s
Age282[6] Myr
Other designations
λ Lib, 45 Lib, BD−19°4249, FK5 1415, HD 142096, HIP 77811, HR 5902, SAO 183895.[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

λ Librae (Latinised as Lambda Librae) is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Libra. It can be faintly seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.03.[2] With an annual parallax shift of 10.54 mas,[1] it is roughly 310 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of this system is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.22 due to interstellar dust.[6] It is 0.1 degree north of the ecliptic.

This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system with an orbital period of 14.48 days and an eccentricity of 0.27.[7] The visible component is a B-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of B3 V.[3] It is a helium-weak chemically peculiar star[12] and a rotating ellipsoidal variable.[4] The star has an estimated 3.9[9] times the radius of the Sun and five times the Sun's mass.[8] This is a candidate Vega-like star, meaning that it shows an infrared excess characteristic of a circumstellar debris disk.[13] The system is a source of X-ray emission.[14]

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 Gutierrez-Moreno, Adelina; Moreno, Hugo (June 1968), "A photometric investigation of the Scorpio-Centaurus association", Astrophysical Journal Supplement 15: 459, doi:10.1086/190168, Bibcode1968ApJS...15..459G. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1988mcts.book.....H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hoffleit, Dorrit (1996), "A Catalogue of Correlations Between Eclipsing Binaries and Other Categories of Double Stars", The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers 24 (2): 105–116, Bibcode1996JAVSO..24..105H. 
  5. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012), "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars", Astronomy Letters 38 (11): 694–706, doi:10.1134/S1063773712110035, Bibcode2012AstL...38..694G. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Pourbaix, D.; Tokovinin, A. A.; Batten, A. H.; Fekel, F. C.; Hartkopf, W. I. et al. (2004), "SB9: The ninth catalogue of spectroscopic binary orbits", Astronomy & Astrophysics 424 (2): 727–732, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213, Bibcode2004A&A...424..727P. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Hohle, M. M.; Neuhäuser, R.; Schutz, B. F. (April 2010), "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants", Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349, doi:10.1002/asna.200911355, Bibcode2010AN....331..349H. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) – Third edition – Comments and statistics", Astronomy and Astrophysics 367 (2): 521–524, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  10. Abt, Helmut A. et al. (2002), "Rotational Velocities of B Stars", The Astrophysical Journal 573 (1): 359–365, doi:10.1086/340590, Bibcode2002ApJ...573..359A. 
  11. "lam Lib -- Spectroscopic binary", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=lam+Lib, retrieved 2017-01-30. 
  12. Renson, P.; Manfroid, J. (May 2009), "Catalogue of Ap, HgMn and Am stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 498 (3): 961–966, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810788, Bibcode2009A&A...498..961R, https://zenodo.org/record/890529. 
  13. Saffe, C.; Gómez, M.; Pintado, O.; González, E. (October 2008), "Spectroscopic metallicities of Vega-like stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 490 (1): 297–305, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810260, Bibcode2008A&A...490..297S. 
  14. Berghoefer, T. W.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M.; Cassinelli, J. P. (September 1996), "The ROSAT all-sky survey catalogue of optically bright OB-type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 118 (3): 481–494, doi:10.1051/aas:1996213, Bibcode1996A&AS..118..481B.