Star in the constellation Ophiuchus
HD 156846 is a binary star [ 5] system in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus , positioned a degree SSE of Messier 9 .[ 8] It has a yellow hue and is just barely bright enough to be visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.5.[ 2] The system is located at a distance of 156 light years from the Sun based on parallax .[ 1] It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −68.5 km/s, and is predicted to come to within 85.0 light-years in about 476,000 years.[ 6]
The primary, component A, is a G-type star with a stellar classification of G1V.[ 4] The absolute visual magnitude of this star is 1.13 magnitudes above the main sequence , indicating it has evolved slightly off the main sequence .[ 2] It has 1.35 times the mass of the Sun and 2.12 times the Sun's radius .[ 2] The star is an estimated 2.8[ 6] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 5 km/s.[ 2] It is radiating five[ 6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,969 K.[ 2]
The magnitude 14.4 secondary companion, component B, was discovered by the American astronomer R. G. Aitken in 1910.[ 3] It lies at an angular separation of 5.1″ from the primary, corresponding to a projected separation of 250 AU . This is a red dwarf with a class of M4V and has an estimated 59% of the Sun's mass.[ 5]
Planetary system
On 26 October 2007, a planet HD 156846 b was found orbiting the primary star by Tamuz, using the radial velocity method .[ 9] It has an orbital period of 0.98 years and a large eccentricity of 0.85. The estimated mass of this object is, at a minimum, 10.6 times the mass of Jupiter . If it were following the same orbit within the Solar System , it would have a perihelion within the orbit of Mercury and an aphelion outside the orbit of Mars .[ 2]
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References
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kane, Stephen R.; et al. (May 2011). "Improved Orbital Parameters and Transit Monitoring for HD 156846b". The Astrophysical Journal . 733 (1): 7. arXiv :1103.4127 . Bibcode :2011ApJ...733...28K . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/733/1/28 . S2CID 13001033 . 28.
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^ a b Houk, N.; Smith-Moore, M. (1988). Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars . Vol. 4. Bibcode :1988mcts.book.....H .
^ a b c d Fontanive, C.; et al. (June 2019). "A high binary fraction for the most massive close-in giant planets and brown dwarf desert members" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 485 (4): 4967– 4996. arXiv :1903.02332 . Bibcode :2019MNRAS.485.4967F . doi :10.1093/mnras/stz671 . S2CID 84180618 .
^ a b c d e f 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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^ Sinnott, Roger W.; Perryman, Michael A. C. (1997). Millennium Star Atlas . Vol. 3. Sky Publishing Corporation and the European Space Agency. ISBN 0-933346-84-0 .
^ Tamuz, O.; et al. (2008). "The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XV. Discovery of two eccentric planets orbiting HD 4113 and HD 156846" . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 480 (3): L33 – L36 . arXiv :0710.5028 . Bibcode :2008A&A...480L..33T . doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20078737 . S2CID 11350536 .