HD 17092

HD 17092 is an 8th magnitude star in the constellation of Perseus. It is an orange giant (spectral type K0III).

HD 17092
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension  02h 46m 22.1179s[1]
Declination +49° 39 11.0949[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.73[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0III[3]
B−V color index 1.26
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 40.328±0.100[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −10.312±0.099[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.3499 ± 0.0516[1] mas
Distance750 ± 9 ly
(230 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.54
Details
Mass2.3 ± 0.3 M
Temperature4650 ± 35 K
Metallicity0.18 ± 0.08
Other designations
SAO 38313, BD+49° 767
Database references
SIMBADdata

The star is visible only with binoculars or better equipment.

Planetary system

On 6 May 2007, a planet HD 17092 b was discovered with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope by Niedzielski who used the wobble method. This planet is a massive gas giant and orbits at 1.29 astronomical units from the star with a period of about 360 days.[4]

The HD 17092 planetary system[4]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b >4.6 ± 0.3 MJ 1.29 ± 0.05 359.9 ± 2.4 0.166 ± 0.052

References

  1. 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.
  2. Cannon, A. E.; Pickering, E. C. (1924). "Henry Draper (HD) catalog and HD extension". Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College. Bibcode:1924hdhc.bookQ....C.
  3. The Tycho-1 Catalog
  4. Niedzielski, A.; et al. (2007). "A Planetary‐Mass Companion to the K0 Giant HD 17092". The Astrophysical Journal. 669 (2): 1354–1358. arXiv:0705.0935. Bibcode:2007ApJ...669.1354N. doi:10.1086/521784.


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