KELT-2A
KELT-2A (HD 42176A) is a yellow white dwarf star located about 440 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. The apparent magnitude of this star is 8.77, which means it is not visible to the naked eye but can be seen with a binoculars.
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Auriga |
Right ascension | 06h 10m 39.347s[1] |
Declination | +30° 57′ 25.70″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 8.77[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F7 V |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 47.5 ± 0.2 km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 16.597±0.085[1] mas/yr Dec.: −2.077±0.055[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 7.47 ± 0.33[1] mas |
Distance | 440 ± 20 ly (134 ± 6 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 1.314 (−0.060 +0.063) M☉ |
Radius | 1.836 (−0.046 +0.066) R☉ |
Temperature | 6148 ± 48 K |
Metallicity | 0.03 ± 0.78 |
Age | 3.97 ± 0.01 Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data |
KELT-2A is the brightest star in the common-proper-motion binary star system KELT-2 (HD 42176). KELT-2B is an early K dwarf approximately 295 AU away.
Planetary system
This star has one known planet, the extrasolar planet KELT-2Ab.[3]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | 1.524 ± 0.088 MJ | 0.05504 ± 0.00086 | 4.1137913 ± 0.00001 | 0 | — | 1.290 ± 0.057 RJ |
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See also
References
- Brown, A. G. A; et al. (2016). "Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 595. A2. arXiv:1609.04172. Bibcode:2016A&A...595A...2G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629512.Gaia Data Release 1 catalog entry
- Fabricius, C.; Høg, E.; Makarov, V. V.; Mason, B. D.; Wycoff, G. L.; Urban, S. E. (2002). "The Tycho double star catalogue". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 384: 180–189. Bibcode:2002A&A...384..180F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011822.
- Beatty, Thomas G.; et al. (2012). "KELT-2Ab: A Hot Jupiter Transiting the Bright (V = 8.77) Primary Star of a Binary System". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 756 (2). L39. arXiv:1206.1592. Bibcode:2012ApJ...756L..39B. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/756/2/L39. hdl:1969.1/178896.
External links
- KELT-North survey website
- "Planet KELT-2A b". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
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