HD 43848
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 |
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|---|---|
| Constellation | Columba |
| Right ascension | 06h 16m 31.36330s[1] |
| Declination | –40° 31′ 54.7121″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 8.65[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K2 IV[3] |
| Variable type | 5.58[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +122.02[1] mas/yr Dec.: +198.32[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 26.42 ± 0.78[1] mas |
| Distance | 123 ± 4 ly (38 ± 1 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.94 ± 0.06[2] M☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.54 ± 0.04[2] |
| Temperature | 5,161 ± 41[2] K |
| Age | 3.7 ± 1.7[2] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Exoplanet Archive | data |
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia |
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HD 43848 is a 9th magnitude K-type subgiant star located approximately 123 light-years away in the constellation of Columba. The star is less massive than the Sun.
On October 29, 2008, radial velocity measurements made with the MIKE echelle spectrograph on the 6.5-m Magellan II (Clay) telescope revealed the presence of a companion of at least 25 Jupiter masses orbiting the star.[4] Initially thought to be a brown dwarf, astrometric measurements reveal that the true mass of the object is 120+167
−43 Jupiter masses, implying that it is likely to be a red dwarf star.[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, Bibcode 2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357
- ^ a b c d e f Trevisan, M. et al. (November 2011), "Analysis of old very metal rich stars in the solar neighbourhood", Astronomy & Astrophysics 535: A42, Bibcode 2011A&A...535A..42T, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016056. See table 13.
- ^ Gray, R. O. et al. (October 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): 2048–2059, arXiv:astro-ph/0308182, Bibcode 2003AJ....126.2048G, doi:10.1086/378365
- ^ Minniti, Dante et al. (2009), "Low-Mass Companions for Five Solar-Type Stars From the Magellan Planet Search Program", The Astrophysical Journal 693 (2): 1424–1430, Bibcode 2009ApJ...693.1424M, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/693/2/1424
- ^ Sozzetti, A.; Desidera, S. (2010), "Hipparcos preliminary astrometric masses for the two close-in companions to HD 131664 and HD 43848. A brown dwarf and a low-mass star", Astronomy and Astrophysics 509: A103, Bibcode 2010A&A...509A.103S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912717
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