| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 13m 29.510s [1] |
| Declination | +10° 02′ 29.88″ [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.41 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G0V [3] |
| B−V color index | 0.635±0.007 [4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 15.44±0.11 [5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) |
RA: 22.863
mas/
yr
[1] Dec.: −280.009 mas/ yr [1] |
| Parallax (π) | 15.533 ± 0.0048 mas [1] |
| Distance | 209.98 ± 0.06
ly (64.38 ± 0.02 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 4.53 [2] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.05±0.02 [6] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.096 [3] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1.328±0.030 [6] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.40±0.15 [4] cgs |
| Temperature | 5,890±50 [4] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.06±0.04 [6] dex |
| Rotation | 22.8 d [3] |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.74±0.25 [4] km/s |
| Age | 3.00+0.8 −0.6 [6] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Exoplanet Archive | data |
HD 106252 is a star with a brown dwarf [8] companion in the constellation Virgo. An apparent visual magnitude of 7.41 [2] means this star is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. It is located at a distance of 210 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, and is receding with a radial velocity of 15 km/s. [5]
The stellar classification of HD 106252 is G0V, [3] matching an ordinary G-type main-sequence star. It has 5% [6] more mass than the Sun and 10% [3] greater in girth. This star is about three [6] billion years old with a low level of magnetic activity [4] and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 2 km/s. [4] It is radiating 1.3 [6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,890 K. [4]
In 2001, a massive sub-stellar companion was announced orbiting the star by the European Southern Observatory. [9] [4] The discovery was confirmed by a different team using the Lick Telescope. [3] Astrometric observations from Hipparcos in 2011 suggested that its true mass is likely around 30.6 MJ, in the brown dwarf range. [8] More accurate astrometry from Gaia in 2021 revealed a smaller true mass of 10.0 MJ. [6]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass |
Semimajor axis ( AU) |
Orbital period ( years) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 10.00+0.78 −0.73 MJ |
2.655±0.017 | 4.202+0.011 −0.010 |
0.480±0.010 | 46.0+4.9 −4.1 ° |
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References
- ^ a b c d Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv: 1108.4971. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A. doi: 10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644.
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- ^ a b Nidever, David L.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul; Fischer, Debra A.; Vogt, Steven S.; McGahee, C. E.; O'Donoghue, A. A.; Knox, E. R. (2002). "Radial Velocities for 889 Late-Type Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 141 (2): 503–522. arXiv: astro-ph/0112477. Bibcode: 2002ApJS..141..503N. doi: 10.1086/340570. S2CID 51814894.
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- ^ "HD 106252". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ a b Reffert, S.; Quirrenbach, A. (March 2011). "Mass constraints on substellar companion candidates from the re-reduced Hipparcos intermediate astrometric data: nine confirmed planets and two confirmed brown dwarfs". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 527: 22. arXiv: 1101.2227. Bibcode: 2011A&A...527A.140R. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015861. S2CID 54986291. A140.
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