Upsilon2 Eridani
Star in the constellation of Eridanus
υ2 Eridani
Location of υ
2 Eridani (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS )
Constellation
Eridanus
Right ascension
04h 35m 33.03834s [ 1]
Declination
−30° 33′ 44.4297″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
3.804[ 2]
Characteristics
Spectral type
G8+ III[ 3]
U−B color index
+0.740[ 2]
B−V color index
+0.968[ 2]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv ) −4.0± 0.9[ 4] km/sProper motion (μ) RA: −49.27[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: −12.72[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)15.25 ± 0.19 mas [ 1] Distance 214 ± 3 ly (65.6 ± 0.8 pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )−0.27[ 5]
Details Radius 16[ 6] R ☉ Luminosity 138[ 7] L ☉ Surface gravity (log g ) 2.77± 0.07[ 8] cgs Temperature 5,074± 30[ 8] K Metallicity [Fe/H] 0.04± 0.03[ 8] dex
Other designations Theemin, υ
2 Eridani, Upsilon
2 Eridani,
52 Eridani ,
CD −30° 1901,
CPD −30 631,
FK5 170,
GC 5614,
HD 29291,
HIP 21393,
HR 1464,
PPM 280424,
SAO 195148.
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Database references SIMBAD data
Upsilon2 Eridani (υ² Eridani , abbreviated Upsilon2 Eri , υ2 Eri ), officially named Theemin ,[ 10] [ 11] is a star in the constellation of Eridanus . It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.8.[ 2] Based upon parallax measurements obtained during the Hipparcos mission,[ 1] it is approximately 66 parsecs (214 light-years ) from the Sun .
It is an evolved red clump [ 12] giant star with a stellar classification of G8+ III.[ 3] The measured angular diameter is 2.21 mas .[ 13] At the star's distance, this yields a physical size of around 16 times the radius of the Sun .[ 6] It radiates 138[ 7] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 5074 K.[ 8]
Nomenclature
υ2 Eridani (Latinised to Upsilon2 Eridani ) is the star's Bayer designation .
It bore the traditional name Theemin (also written as Theemim and Beemin ).[ 14] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[ 15] to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Theemin for this star on February 1, 2017, and it is now included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[ 11]
In the Almagest , Ptolemy called it hē kampē , "the bend in the river;" Arab writers corrupted this to bhmn , later becoming beemin , beemun in the West. Subsequently, its etymology was incorrectly derived from Hebrew תאומים (te'omim ), meaning "twins," producing Theemin .[ 16] [ 17]
In Chinese , 天園 (Tiān Yuán ), meaning Celestial Orchard , refers to an asterism consisting of Upsilon2 Eridani, Chi Eridani , Phi Eridani , Kappa Eridani , HD 16754 , HD 23319 , Theta Eridani , HD 24072 , HD 24160 , Upsilon4 Eridani , Upsilon3 Eridani and Upsilon1 Eridani .[ 18] Consequently, the Chinese name for Upsilon2 Eridani itself is 天園十二 (Tiān Yuán shíèr , English: the Twelfth Star of Celestial Orchard ).[ 19]
References
^ a b c d e f van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 474 (2): 653– 664, arXiv :0708.1752 , Bibcode :2007A&A...474..653V , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 , S2CID 18759600 .
^ a b c d Gutierrez-Moreno, Adelina; et al. (1966), "A System of photometric standards", Publications of the Department of Astronomy University of Chile , 1 , Publicaciones Universidad de Chile, Department de Astronomy: 1– 17, Bibcode :1966PDAUC...1....1G .
^ a b Keenan, P.; McNeil, R. (October 1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series , 71 : 245– 266, Bibcode :1989ApJS...71..245K , doi :10.1086/191373 .
^ de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics , 546 : 14, arXiv :1208.3048 , Bibcode :2012A&A...546A..61D , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201219219 , S2CID 59451347 , A61.
^ 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 .
^ a b Lang, Kenneth R. (2006), Astrophysical formulae , Astronomy and astrophysics library, vol. 1 (3rd ed.), Birkhäuser , ISBN 3-540-29692-1 . The radius (R* ) is given by:
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^ a b McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 427 (1): 343– 57, arXiv :1208.2037 , Bibcode :2012MNRAS.427..343M , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x , S2CID 118665352 .
^ a b c d Alves, S.; et al. (April 2015), "Determination of the spectroscopic stellar parameters for 257 field giant stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 448 (3): 2749– 2765, arXiv :1503.02556 , Bibcode :2015MNRAS.448.2749A , doi :10.1093/mnras/stv189 , S2CID 119217930 .
^ "ups02 Eri -- Star" , SIMBAD Astronomical Database , Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2016-10-13 .
^ Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7 .
^ a b "Naming Stars" . IAU.org. Retrieved 16 December 2017 .
^ Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal , 539 (2): 732– 741, arXiv :astro-ph/0003329 , Bibcode :2000ApJ...539..732A , doi :10.1086/309278 , S2CID 16673121 .
^ Richichi, A.; et al. (February 2005), "CHARM2: An updated Catalog of High Angular Resolution Measurements", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 431 (2): 773– 777, Bibcode :2005A&A...431..773R , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20042039 .
^ Hough, Carole, ed. (2016), The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming , Oxford University Press , p. 762, ISBN 978-0191630422 .
^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU" . www.iau.org . Retrieved 2017-03-31 .
^ "Theemin" . www.constellationsofwords.com .
^ Hough, Carole (May 3, 2016). The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming . Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191630422 – via Google Books.
^ (in Chinese) 中國星座神話 , written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7 .
^ (in Chinese) 香港太空館 - 研究資源 - 亮星中英對照表 Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine , Hong Kong Space Museum. Accessed on line November 23, 2010.