Gliese 514, also known as BD+11 2576 or HIP 65859, is a
M-type main-sequence star, in the constellation
Virgo 24.85 light-years away from the Sun. The proximity of Gliese 514 to the Sun was known exactly since 1988.[11]
Gliese 514's
metallicity Fe/H index is largely unknown, with median values from -0.4 to +0.18 reported in the literature. This discrepancy is due to peculiarities of the stellar spectrum of Gliese 514. The spectrum peculiarities also affect the accuracy of the star's temperature measurement,[9] with reported values as low as 2901
K.[7] The spectrum of Gliese 514 shows emission lines,[2] but the star itself has a low
starspot activity.[12]
Multiplicity surveys did not detect any stellar companions as of 2020.[13]
The Sun is currently calculated to be passing through the tidal tail of Gliese 514's
Oort cloud. Thus, future
interstellar objects passing through Solar system may originate from Gliese 514.[14]
Planetary system
The existence of a planet on a 15-day orbit around Gliese 514 was suspected since 2019.[15] However, that planet was not confirmed. Instead, in 2022, one
Super-Earth planet, named
Gliese 514 b, was discovered on an eccentric 140-day orbit by the
radial velocity method. The planetary orbit partially lies within the habitable zone of the parent star with planetary equilibrium temperature, averaged along orbit, equal to 202±11K.[8]
The infrared excess of the star also indicates the possible presence of a debris disk in the system, albeit at a low signal to noise ratio.[16]
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