HD 134064

Triple star system in the constellation Boötes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HD 134064 is a triple star system in the northern constellation of Boötes. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.03.[3] This system is located at a distance of 247 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements,[2] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of –7.0 km/s.[5]

Quick facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000, Constellation ...
HD 134064
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Boötes[1]
Right ascension 15h 07m 20.369s[2]
Declination +18° 26 30.57[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.03[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3Vnn[3]
U−B color index +0.06[4]
B−V color index +0.06[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−7.0[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +42.368 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: −49.682 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)13.2096±0.0324 mas[2]
Distance246.9 ± 0.6 ly
(75.7 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.74[1]
Orbit[6]
Period (P)8.0 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.10″
Eccentricity (e)0.45
Inclination (i)122.6°
Longitude of the node (Ω)41.3°
Periastron epoch (T)B 1939.97
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
71.4°
Details
HD 134064 A
Mass2.15[7] M
Luminosity16[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.25[7] cgs
Temperature9,732±331[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)185[7] km/s
Age160[7] Myr
HD 134064 B
Mass0.73[9] M
Other designations
BD+19°2924, HD 134064, HIP 74000, HR 5633, SAO 101379, WDS J15073+1827AB[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata
Close

HD 134064 can be resolved into two stars 110 apart. The brighter primary is itself a close binary that has not been resolved into individual stars.

The two inner components of this system are orbiting each other with a period of eight years and a high orbital eccentricity of 0.45.[6] The pair are separated by an orbital distance of around 8,000 AU.[9] The primary component is a rapidly rotating A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A3Vnn.[3] It has 2.15 times the mass of the Sun and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 185 km/s.[7] The secondary star has 73% of the Sun's mass.[9] The system is young, with an estimated age of 160 million years.[7]

The fainter resolved component C is magnitude 11.39 and is less massive than the Sun.[11]

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