BD+20°2457

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BD+20°2457

Artistic rendering of star BD+20° 2457, how it appears at ≈4 Astronomical Units.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 10h 16m 44.8635s
Declination +19° 53 28.974
Apparent magnitude (V)9.75
Characteristics
Spectral typeK2II
B−V color index1.18
Variable typenone
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: –35.20 mas/yr
Dec.: –31.70 mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.00 ± 3.33 mas
Distance650 ± 330 ly
(200 ± 100 pc)
Details
Mass2.8 ± 1.5[1] M
Radius49[1] R
Luminosity624 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.5 cgs
Temperature4127 ± 17[1] K
Metallicity–1.00 ± 0.07
Other designations
PPM 127264
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
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BD+20°2457 is a 10th magnitude K-type bright giant star located between 320 to 980 light years away in the constellation of Leo. This star is very metal-poor, containing only 10% as enriched with elements heavier than hydrogen and helium as our sun, almost classifying this as a population II star. On June 10, 2009, two substellar objects BD+20°2457 b and c were discovered orbiting the star.

The BD+20°2457 system[1]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥21.42 MJ 1.45 379.63 ± 2.01 0.15 ± 0.03
c ≥12.47 MJ 2.01 621.99 ± 10.20 0.18 ± 0.06

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