Astronomy:21 Leonis Minoris
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
| Right ascension | 10h 07m 25.76296s[1] |
| Declination | +35° 14′ 40.8965″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.47–4.52[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A7V[3] |
| U−B color index | +0.08[4] |
| B−V color index | +0.18[4] |
| Variable type | δ Sct[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −11.40 ± 0.9[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 52.90[1] mas/yr Dec.: 0.62[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 35.41 ± 0.18[1] mas |
| Distance | 92.1 ± 0.5 ly (28.2 ± 0.1 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +2.43[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.75[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.75[7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 9.91[7] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.07[8] cgs |
| Temperature | 7,839[8] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.03±0.08[7] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 155[9] km/s |
| Age | 390[9] Myr 750[7] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
21 Leonis Minoris is a star in the constellation of Leo Minor. With an apparent magnitude of about 4.5, the star is faintly visible to the naked eye (see Bortle scale). Parallax estimates made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at a fairly close distance of about 92.1 light-years (28.2 parsecs) away from the Earth.[1] It is considered a member of the Sirius supercluster.[6]
21 Leonis Minoris rotates fairly fast for a star; its projected rotational velocity is estimated to 155 km/s[9] so it must be rotating at least that fast. It has been listed as a fast-rotating spectral standard star for the spectral type of A7V, as opposed to the slow-rotating standard star 2 Hydrae.[11] It is also a Delta Scuti variable, and its apparent magnitude varies from 4.47 to 4.52.[2]
21 Leonis Minoris has an infrared excess, suggesting a debris disk around it.[9] The black body fit has a temperature of 60 K with an orbital radius of 62 astronomical unit|AU.[7]
References
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V. http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=bibcode&Itemid=129&bibcode=2007A%2526A...474..653VFUL.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Samus, N. N. et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S 1. Bibcode: 2009yCat....102025S.
- ↑ Johnson, H. L.; Morgan, W. W. (1953). "Fundamental stellar photometry for standards of spectral type on the revised system of the Yerkes spectral atlas". The Astrophysical Journal 117: 313. doi:10.1086/145697. Bibcode: 1953ApJ...117..313J.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Johnson, H. L. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4: 99. Bibcode: 1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. Bibcode: 2006AstL...32..759G.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eggen, Olin J. (August 1998), "The Sirius Supercluster and Missing Mass near the Sun", The Astronomical Journal 116 (2): 782–788, doi:10.1086/300465, Bibcode: 1998AJ....116..782E.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Gáspár, András et al. (2016), "The Correlation between Metallicity and Debris Disk Mass", The Astrophysical Journal 826 (2): 171, doi:10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/171, Bibcode: 2016ApJ...826..171G.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gray, R. O.; Corbally, C. J.; Garrison, R. F.; McFadden, M. T.; Robinson, P. E. (2003). "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 Parsecs: The Northern Sample. I". The Astronomical Journal 126 (4): 2048. doi:10.1086/378365. Bibcode: 2003AJ....126.2048G.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Rieke, G. H.; Su, K. Y. L.; Stansberry, J. A.; Trilling, D.; Bryden, G.; Muzerolle, J.; White, B.; Gorlova, N. et al. (2005). "Decay of Planetary Debris Disks". The Astrophysical Journal 620 (2): 1010. doi:10.1086/426937. Bibcode: 2005ApJ...620.1010R.
- ↑ "* 21 LMi". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+21+LMi.
- ↑ Gray, R. O.; Garrison, R. F. (1989). "The late A-type stars - Refined MK classification, confrontation with Stromgren photometry, and the effects of rotation". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 70: 623. doi:10.1086/191349. Bibcode: 1989ApJS...70..623G.
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