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HD 196050

Coordinates: Sky map 20h 37m 51.7102s, −60° 38′ 04.135″
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HD 196050
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Pavo
Right ascension 20h 37m 51.7102s
Declination −60° 38′ 04.135″
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.6
Distance153.05 ly
(46.93 pc)
Spectral typeG3V
Other designations
CPD−61° 6497, HIP 101806, SAO 254837
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 196050 is a star located in the constellation Pavo at a distance of 153 light years or 47 parsecs or 1.45 exameters away from the Solar System. This star has the apparent magnitude of 7.6 and the absolute magnitude is 4.2. It is a yellow main-sequence star of spectral type G3. The mass & radius are larger than the Sun by 10-20%. The age of the star is younger and intermediate in metallicity. The star is also called by the Hipparcos number 101806.

Planetary system

In 2002, the Anglo-Australian Planet Search team announced the discovery of an extrasolar planet orbiting the star.[1] The discovery was independently confirmed by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search team.[2]

The HD 196050 planetary system[3]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b >2.90 ± 0.26 MJ 2.54 ± 0.15 1378 ± 21 0.228 ± 0.038

See also

References

  1. ^ Jones; Paul Butler, R.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Tinney, Chris G.; Penny, Alan J.; McCarthy, Chris; Carter, Brad D. (2002). "Extrasolar planets around HD 196050, HD 216437 and HD 160691". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 337 (4): 1170–1178. arXiv:astro-ph/0206216. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.337.1170J. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05787.x. Archived from the original (abstract) on 2012-12-04.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)web preprint
  2. ^ Mayor, M.; et al. (2004). "The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XII. Orbital solutions for 16 extra-solar planets discovered with CORALIE". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 415 (1): 391–402. arXiv:astro-ph/0310316. Bibcode:2004A&A...415..391M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034250.
  3. ^ Butler; et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 646 (1): 505–522. arXiv:astro-ph/0607493. Bibcode:2006ApJ...646..505B. doi:10.1086/504701.