Rho Ceti
A-type main sequence star in the constellation Cetus
Rho Ceti , Latinized from ρ Ceti, is the Bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Cetus . It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.885.[ 2] The distance to this star, based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.15 mas ,[ 1] is around 460 light years .
This is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 V.[ 3] It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 219[ 8] km/s, giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 10% larger than the polar radius.[ 10] The star has an estimated size 3.1[ 6] times the radius of the Sun and is radiating 178 times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 8,905 K.[ 7]
Name
This star, along with π Cet , ε Cet and σ Cet , was Al Sufi's Al Sadr al Ḳaiṭos , the Whale's Breast [ 11]
According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars , Al Sadr al Ḳaiṭos were the title for four stars :this star (ρ Cet) as Al Sadr al Ḳaiṭos I , σ Cet as Al Sadr al Ḳaiṭos II , ε Cet as Al Sadr al Ḳaiṭos III and π Cet as Al Sadr al Ḳaiṭos IV [ 12]
In Chinese , 芻蒿 (Chú Hāo ), meaning Hay , refers to an asterism consisting of ρ Ceti, 77 Ceti , 67 Ceti , 71 Ceti , HD 14691 [ 13] and ε Cet . Consequently, the Chinese name for ρ Ceti itself is 芻蒿一 (Chú Hāo yī , English: the First Star of Celestial Meadows .[ 14]
References
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^ a b c d Gutierrez-Moreno, Adelina; et al. (1966), "A System of photometric standards", Publ. Dept. Astron. Univ. Chile , 1 , Publicaciones Universidad de Chile, Department de Astronomy: 1–17, Bibcode :1966PDAUC...1....1G .
^ a b Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars", Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars. Volume 4 , 4 , Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode :1988mcts.book.....H .
^ 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 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; Pastori, L.; Covino, S.; Pozzi, A. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 367 (2) (3rd ed.): 521–524, arXiv :astro-ph/0012289 , Bibcode :2001A&A...367..521P , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20000451 , S2CID 425754 .
^ a b c 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 Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv :astro-ph/0610785 , Bibcode :2007A&A...463..671R , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20065224 , S2CID 18475298 .
^ "rho Cet" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2017-02-09 .
^ Belle, G. T. (2012). "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars". The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review . 20 (1): 51. arXiv :1204.2572 . Bibcode :2012A&ARv..20...51V . doi :10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2 . S2CID 119273474 .
^ Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.). New York: Dover Publications Inc. p. 162 . ISBN 0-486-21079-0 . Retrieved 2010-12-12 .
^ Jack W. Rhoads - Technical Memorandum 33-507-A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars , Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; November 15, 1971
^ (in Chinese) 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System
^ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 12 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
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