Lacaille 9352
Lacaille 9352 (Lac 9352) is a red dwarf star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 7.34,[2] this star is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye even under excellent seeing conditions. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of about 10.74 light-years (3.29 parsecs) from Earth.[1] It is the eleventh closest star system to the Solar System[12] and is the closest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The ChView simulation[13] shows that its closest neighbour is the EZ Aquarii triple star system at about 4.1 ly from Lacaille 9352.
![]() the neighborhood of the solar system which also includes Lacaille 9352 | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Piscis Austrinus |
Right ascension | 23h 05m 52.03604s[1] |
Declination | −35° 51′ 11.0475″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.34[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M0.5V[3] |
U−B color index | +1.18[2] |
B−V color index | +1.50[2] |
Variable type | Suspected[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +9.7[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +6,765.995[6] mas/yr Dec.: +1,330.388[6] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 304.2190 ± 0.0451[6] mas |
Distance | 10.721 ± 0.002 ly (3.2871 ± 0.0005 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 9.8[7] |
Details | |
Mass | 0.486 ± 0.012[8] M☉ |
Radius | 0.470 ± 0.001[8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.0367±0.0022[8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.78[8] cgs |
Temperature | 3,692±57[8] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.22 ± 0.09[9] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1[5] km/s |
Age | 4.57[10] Gyr |
Other designations | |
HD 217987, CD-36°15693, GCTP 5584, GJ 887, LHS 70, SAO 214301, LTT 9348, LFT 1758, Cordoba 31353, NSV 14420, HIP 114046, UGPMF 591[11] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
ARICNS | data |
Properties
This star has the fourth highest known proper motion,[14] (which was first noticed by Benjamin Gould in 1881[15]) moving a total of 6.9 arcseconds per year. However, this is still a very small movement overall, as there are 3,600 arcseconds in a degree of arc. The space velocity components of this star are (U, V, W) = (−93.9, −14.1, −51.4) km/s.[16] If the radial velocity (Vr) equals +9.7 km/s then about 2,700 years ago Lacaille 9352 was at its minimal distance of approximately 10.63 ly (3.26 pc) from the Sun.[17]
The spectrum of Lacaille 9352 places it at a stellar classification of M0.5V,[3] indicating it is a type of main sequence star known as a red dwarf. This was the first red dwarf star to have its angular diameter measured,[18] with the physical diameter being about 46% of the Sun's radius.[3] It has around half the mass of the Sun[3] and the outer envelope has an effective temperature of about 3,626 K.[3]
Planetary system
In June 2020 two super-Earth planets were reported in orbit around Lacaille 9352 (Gliese 887), as well as a third signal with a period of 50.7 days that may be due to stellar activity. They were detected using the radial velocity method from observations with HARPS in Chile and HIRES in Hawaii.[19][20]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b | ≥ 4.2+0.6 −0.6 M⊕ |
0.068+0.002 −0.002 |
9.262+0.001 −0.001 |
— | — | — |
c | ≥ 7.6+1.2 −1.2 M⊕ |
0.120+0.004 −0.004 |
21.789+0.004 −0.005 |
— | — | — |
See also
- List of nearest stars
- Lacaille 9352 in fiction
References
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- Micela, G.; Pye, J.; Sciortino, S. (April 1997). "Coronal properties of nearby old disk and halo dM stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 320: 865–877. Bibcode:1997A&A...320..865M.
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- 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.
- Murdin, Paul, ed. (November 2000). "Lacaille 9352". The Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing. Bibcode:2000eaa..bookE5158.. doi:10.1888/0333750888/5158. ISBN 0333750888.
absolute magnitude is 9.8
- Rabus, Markus; Lachaume, Régis; Jordán, Andrés; Brahm, Rafael; Boyajian, Tabetha; Von Braun, Kaspar; Espinoza, Néstor; Berger, Jean-Philippe; Le Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste; Absil, Olivier (2019). "A discontinuity in the Teff–radius relation of M-dwarfs". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 484 (2): 2674–2683. arXiv:1901.08077. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty3430.
- López-Morales, Mercedes (May 2007). "On the Correlation between the Magnetic Activity Levels, Metallicities, and Radii of Low-Mass Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 660 (1): 732–739. arXiv:astro-ph/0701702. Bibcode:2007ApJ...660..732L. doi:10.1086/513142.
- Yee, Samuel W.; Petigura, Erik A.; von Braun, Kaspar (2017). "Precision Stellar Characterization of FGKM Stars using an Empirical Spectral Library". The Astrophysical Journal. 836 (1): 77. arXiv:1701.00922. Bibcode:2017ApJ...836...77Y. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/77.
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- Research Consortium on Nearby Stars. "The One Hundred Nearest Star Systems". Georgia State University. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- "Solstation and ChView". Retrieved 2010-04-20.
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- Gould, B. A. (1881). "Corrigenda in the Uranometria Argentina. Star with large proper motion". Astronomische Nachrichten. 100 (1): 7–10. Bibcode:1881AN....100....7G. doi:10.1002/asna.18811000104.
- "ARICNS star page of Lacaille 9352". Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- "Annotations on NAME LACAILLE 9352 object". SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- Glindemann, Andreas; Paresce, Francesco. "Giant Eyes for the VLT Interferometer". European Southern Observatory. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- Jeffers, S. V.; Dreizler, S.; et al. (June 2020). "A multiplanet system of super-Earths orbiting the brightest red dwarf star GJ 887". Science. 368 (6498): 1477–1481. arXiv:2006.16372. doi:10.1126/science.aaz0795. ISSN 0036-8075.
- "Why boring could be good for this star's two intriguing planets". Nature. Retrieved 2020-06-30.