HD 108874
| Observation data Epoch 2000 Equinox 2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 30m 26.8829s |
| Declination | +22° 52′ 47.383″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 8.76 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G5 V |
| B−V color index | 0.764 |
| V−R color index | 0.4 |
| R−I color index | 0.4 |
| Variable type | ”None” |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | -30.7 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: -45.05 mas/yr Dec.: -105.39 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 14.59 ± 1.24 mas |
| Distance | 220 ± 20 ly (69 ± 6 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.72 |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.22 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1.14 L☉ |
| Temperature | 5407 K |
| Metallicity | [Fe/H]=+0.14 |
| Rotation | 37.82 days |
| Age | 7.26 Giga- years |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HD 108874 is a yellow dwarf star (spectral type G5 V) in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It is 223 light years from Earth and has two extrasolar planets that are possibly in a 4:1 orbital resonance.
Star
HD 108874 is 2.7 billion years older than our Sun. The star has a temperature of 5407 K and luminosity 1.14 solar. It has metallicity 1.38 times solar, meaning this star has greater iron abundance relative to hydrogen and helium. It has mass about the same as the Sun, but the radius is 22% greater.
Planetary system
In 2002, the jovian planet HD 108874 b was discovered in the United States by Paul Butler, Geoffrey Marcy, Steven Vogt, and Debra Fischer. This planet receives the insolation most similar to Earth than any extrasolar planets. In 2005, further observations revealed this star has another jovian planet orbiting further out, designated as HD 108874 c. Those two planets are in a 4:1 orbital resonance. This means if HD 108874 b orbits the star four times, then HD 108874 c orbits only once, because the orbital period for planet c is four times longer than planet b.
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | >1.36 ± 0.13 MJ | 1.051 ± 0.02 | 395.4 ± 2.5 | 0.07 ± 0.04 | — | — |
| c | >1.018 ± 0.3 MJ | 2.68 ± 0.25 | 1605.8 ± 88 | 0.25 ± 0.07 | — | — |
See also
External links
- "HD 108874". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.
- "HD 108874". Extrasolar Visions.
- Extrasolar Planet Interactions by Rory Barnes & Richard Greenberg, Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona