Star in the constellation Auriga
HD 49674 is a solar-type star with an exoplanetary companion[ 7] in the northern constellation of Auriga . It has an apparent visual magnitude of 8.10[ 2] and thus is an eighth-magnitude star that is too faint to be readily visible to the naked eye. The system is located at a distance of 140.6 light-years from the Sun based on parallax , and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +12 km/s.[ 1]
HD 49674, and its planetary system, was chosen as part of the 2019 NameExoWorlds campaign organised by the International Astronomical Union , which assigned each country a star and planet to be named. HD 49674 was assigned to Belgium . The winning proposal named the star Nervia and the planet Eburonia , both after prominent Belgic tribes, the Nervii and Eburones , respectively.[ 8]
This is an ordinary G-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of G3V,[ 3] which indicates it is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core . Spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 4.7 km/s,[ 5] it is younger than the Sun, roughly two billion years of age, and is a metal-rich star.[ 7] HD 49674 has a similar mass and radius as the Sun. It is radiating 96% of the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,702 K .[ 4]
Planetary system
At the time of discovery of the planet HD 49674 b in 2002, it was the least massive planet known, very close to the boundary between sub-Jupiter mass and Neptune mass at 0.1 MJ . This planet orbits very close to the star, with a semimajor axis of 0.0580 AU (8.68 Gm ).[ 9]
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References
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^ a b Butler, R. Paul; et al. (2003). "Seven New Keck Planets Orbiting G and K Dwarfs" . The Astrophysical Journal . 582 (1): 455– 466. Bibcode :2003ApJ...582..455B . CiteSeerX 10.1.1.7.6988 . doi :10.1086/344570 . S2CID 17608922 .
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^ a b Butler, R. P.; et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets" . The Astrophysical Journal . 646 (1): 505– 522. arXiv :astro-ph/0607493 . Bibcode :2006ApJ...646..505B . doi :10.1086/504701 . hdl :2299/1103 . S2CID 119067572 . Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2009-12-23 .
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