Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 57m 03.204s [1] |
Declination | 00° 45′ 31.88″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.56 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F8 [3] |
B−V color index | 0.896 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 7.690±0.004 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: 23.418
mas/
yr
[1] Dec.: −6.844 mas/ yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 2.8158 ± 0.0265 mas [1] |
Distance | 1,160 ± 10
ly (355 ± 3 pc) |
Details [5] | |
Mass | 1.53+0.07 −0.06 M☉ |
Radius | 2.17+0.18 −0.10 R☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.944+0.036 −0.050 cgs |
Temperature | 6,050±100 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.15±0.07 dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 7.8±0.3 km/s |
Age | 3.6+1.6 −1.0 Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | 436 data |
BD+00 316 is an ordinary star with a close-orbiting planetary companion in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is also known as WASP-71 since 2019; [3] BD+00 316 is the stellar identifier from the Bonner Durchmusterung catalogue. With an apparent visual magnitude of 10.56, [2] it is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. This star is located at a distance of 1,160 light-years based on parallax measurements, and is drifting further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 7.7 km/s. [4]
This is classified as an F-type star with a stellar classification of F8. [3] It is more than double the diameter of the Sun with 1.5 times the Sun's mass. The star is younger than the Sun at about 3.6 billion years, [5] yet is already evolving away from the main sequence. [3] BD+00 316 is enriched in heavy elements, having 140% of the solar abundance of iron. [5] Imaging surveys in 2015 and 2020 failed to find any stellar companions for BD+00 316. [7] [8]
The star was named Mpingo by Tanzanian amateur astronomers in 2020 as part of the NameExoWorlds contest, after the mpingo tree ( Dalbergia melanoxylon) whose wood is a type of ebony used in musical instruments. [9]
In 2012 a
transiting
superjovian planet, designated component
b, was detected on a tight, circular orbit.
[3] The planetary orbit is well aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, the misalignment angle being equal to −1.9+7.1
−7.5°.
[5] Its equilibrium temperature is 2,016.1+67.0
−52.5
K.
[5]
The planet was named Tanzanite by Tanzanian amateur astronomers in 2020 as part of the NameExoWorlds contest, after the mineral also known as tanzanite. [9]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass |
Semimajor axis ( AU) |
Orbital period ( days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b (Tanzanite) | 2.14±0.08 MJ | 0.0460±0.0006 | 2.903676±0.000008 | <0.019 [10] | 85.8+2.4 −2.1 ° |
1.35+0.13 −0.07 RJ |