Astronomy:HD 131496
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Boötes[1] |
| Right ascension | 14h 53m 23.028s[2] |
| Declination | +18° 14′ 07.47″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.96[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | subgiant[3] |
| Spectral type | K0[4] |
| B−V color index | 1.039±0.013[1] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 1.36±0.16[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 43.739[2] mas/yr Dec.: −33.865[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 7.547 ± 0.0246[2] mas |
| Distance | 432 ± 1 ly (132.5 ± 0.4 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.8[3] |
| Details[3] | |
| Mass | 1.61±0.11 M☉ |
| Radius | 4.3±0.1 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 9.8±0.5 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.3±0.06 cgs |
| Temperature | 4,927±44 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.25±0.03 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 0.48±0.5 km/s |
| Age | 2.7±0.5 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data |
HD 131496 is an evolved subgiant star with an orbiting exoplanet in the constellation Boötes. With an apparent visual magnitude of 7.9 it is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. It is located at a distance of 432 light-years based on parallax measurements,[2] and is drifting further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1.4 km/s.[5] At an age of around three billion years, this star has 1.6 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 4.3 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating around ten times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,927 K.[3]
Stars like HD 131496 are sometimes referred to as "retired A-stars", since they would have been A-type stars while on the main sequence. This name is most commonly used in connection with the search for extrasolar planets, where they are useful because these evolved stars are cooler and have more spectral lines than their main sequence counterparts, making planet detection easier.[7]
HD 131496 and its planet, HD 131496b, were chosen as part of the 2019 NameExoWorlds campaign organised by the International Astronomical Union, which assigned each country a star and planet to be named. HD 131496 was assigned to Andorra. The winning proposal for the name of the star was Arcalís, after a mountain peak in northern Andorra where the Sun shines through a gap twice a year at fixed dates, leading to its use as a primitive Solar calendar. The planet was named Madriu, after a glacial valley and river in southeastern Andorra that forms the major part of the Madriu-Perafita-Claror UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8]
Planetary system
An exoplanet was discovered in 2011. It has a mass at least 2.2 times that of Jupiter and is orbiting at a distance of 2.09 astronomical units (AU) once every 883 days.[3]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b / Madriu | ≥2.2±0.2 MJ | 2.09±0.07 | 883±29 | 0.163±0.073 | — | — |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Johnson, John Asher; Clanton, Christian; Howard, Andrew W.; Bowler, Brendan P.; Henry, Gregory W.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Crepp, Justin R.; Endl, Michael et al. (2011). "Retired A Stars and Their Companions. VII. 18 New Jovian Planets" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 197 (2): 26. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/26. ISSN 0067-0049. Bibcode: 2011ApJS..197...26J.
- ↑ Cannon, A. J.; Pickering, E. C. (1993). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue and Extension (Cannon+ 1918-1924; ADC 1989)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog. Bibcode: 1993yCat.3135....0C.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ "HD 131496". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+131496.
- ↑ Johnson, John Asher; Fischer, Debra A.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Wright, Jason T.; Driscoll, Peter; Butler, R. Paul; Hekker, Saskia; Reffert, Sabine et al. (2007). "Retired A Stars and Their Companions: Exoplanets Orbiting Three Intermediate-Mass Subgiants" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 665 (1): 785–793. doi:10.1086/519677. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...665..785J.
- ↑ "Andorra" (in en). https://www.nameexoworlds.iau.org/andorra.
- ↑ HD 131496 b on exoplanet.eu
Coordinates: 
14h 53m 23.0283s, +18° 14′ 07.471″
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