Triple star system in the constellation Auriga
HD 40979 is a triple star [ 5] system in the northern constellation of Auriga . The combined brightness of this group lies below the typical limit of visibility to the naked eye at an apparent visual magnitude of 6.74.[ 2] It is located at a distance of approximately 108 light years from the Sun based on parallax .[ 1] The system is receding with a radial velocity of +32 km/s.[ 1] It has a relatively high rate of proper motion , traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.182″ per year.[ 11]
The primary, designated component A, is an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F7V.[ 4] It is an estimated 2.51[ 7] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 9.1[ 7] km/s. The star has 1.21[ 5] times the mass of the Sun and 1.26[ 1] times the Sun's radius . It has a higher metallicity than the Sun[ 7] – what astronomers term the relative abundance of elements with a higher atomic number than helium. The star is radiating 1.96[ 1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,077 K.[ 1] As of 2002, there is one extrasolar planet known to be orbiting around this star.[ 12] An infrared excess suggests a debris disk is orbiting the star at a separation of 16.10 AU with a mean temperature of 80 K.[ 13]
The magnitude 9.11[ 3] secondary, component B, is a co-moving companion at an angular separation of 192.5″ from the primary, which corresponds to a projected separation of around 6,400 AU . It has 83% of the mass of the Sun.[ 5] This star in turn has a magnitude 12.00[ 3] companion, component C, at a separation of 3.877″± 0.013″ along a position angle of 37.969°± 0.178° , as of 2015. This equates to a projected separation of 129 AU .[ 5] The star has an estimated 0.38 times the Sun's mass.[ 5]
Planetary system
In 2003, the detection of a giant planet orbiting the primary was announced. It was discovered using the radial velocity method , which allow selected orbital elements of this object to be determined.[ 12]
See also
References
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