HD 152079
Star in the constellation Ara
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HD 152079 is a star with an orbiting exoplanet in the southern constellation of Ara. It is located at a distance of 287 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements,[2] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −21 km/s.[4] At that distance the star is much too faint to be visible with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 9.18.[1]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ara[1] |
| Right ascension | 16h 53m 05.755s[2] |
| Declination | −46° 19′ 58.64″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 9.18[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G6V[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 9.891[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 7.984±0.021[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (H) | 7.656±0.031[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 7.634±0.021[1] |
| B−V color index | 0.711±0.025[1] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −21.338±0.0007[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −107.358 mas/yr[2] Dec.: −93.597 mas/yr[2] |
| Parallax (π) | 11.3545±0.0142 mas[2] |
| Distance | 287.2 ± 0.4 ly (88.1 ± 0.1 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 4.62[1] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.147±0.030[5] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.128±0.074[5] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1.443[6] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.365±0.054[5] cgs |
| Temperature | 5,907±52[5] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.29±0.07[5] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.6[6] km/s |
| Age | 6.2 Gyr[6] 1.622±1.369[5] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| CD−46°11085, HIP 82632, SAO 227350, PPM 322323[7] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Exoplanet Archive | data |
This is a G-type main-sequence star[8] with a stellar classification of G6V.[3] Age estimates range from 1.6[5] to 6.2[6] billion years. It has 1.15 times the mass of the Sun and 1.13 times the Sun's girth. This is a metal-rich star, having a higher iron abundance than in the Sun.[5] The star is radiating 1.44[6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,907 K.[5]
Planetary system
It has one confirmed exoplanet, discovered in 2010 by the Magellan Planet Search Program. This is a super-jovian object with an eccentric orbit and a 8.0 yr orbital period.[8] In 2018, an analysis of HARPS data suggested the presence of an additional outer companion with a mass at least 83% of the mass of Jupiter.[5]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | ≥ 2.661±0.046 MJ | 4.187+0.051 −0.053 |
2,918.92+37.87 −39.28 |
0.532+0.015 −0.016 |
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