Kappa2 Ceti

Kappa2 Ceti
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 03h 21m 06.80281s[1]
Declination +03° 40′ 32.2344″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.66[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G8 III[3]
U−B color index +0.73[2]
B−V color index +0.97[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+7.44±0.10[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +55.04[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −25.12[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.11 ± 0.33[1] mas
Distance320 ± 10 ly
(99 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.630[5]
Details[4]
Mass2.46±0.09 M☉
Radius8.23±0.57 R☉
Luminosity41.7 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.98±0.04 cgs
Temperature5,007±22 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.11±0.03 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.98±0.45 km/s
Age610±60 Myr
Other designations
κ2 Cet, 97 Cet, BD+03° 461, HD 20791, HIP 15619, HR 1007, SAO 111142[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Kappa2 Ceti (κ2 Ceti), is a solitary,[7] yellow-hued star located in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.66.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.11 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located about 320 light years from the Sun.

This is an evolved G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G8 III.[3] It is a red clump star on the horizontal branch, which indicates it is generating energy through helium fusion at its core.[5] The star has 2.46 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 8.2 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 42 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,007 K.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, arXiv:0708.1752 Freely accessible, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lucke, P. B. (November 1974), "The OB stellar associations in the Large Magellanic Cloud", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 28: 73, Bibcode:1974ApJS...28...73L, doi:10.1086/190311.
  3. 1 2 Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 5, Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
  4. 1 2 3 Jofré, E.; et al. (2015), "Stellar parameters and chemical abundances of 223 evolved stars with and without planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 574: A50, Bibcode:2015A&A...574A..50J, arXiv:1410.6422 Freely accessible, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424474.
  5. 1 2 Mishenina, T. V.; et al. (September 2006), "Elemental abundances in the atmosphere of clump giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 456 (3): 1109–1120, Bibcode:2006A&A...456.1109M, arXiv:astro-ph/0605615 Freely accessible, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065141.
  6. ↑ "kap02 Cet -- High proper-motion Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-04-25.
  7. ↑ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, arXiv:0806.2878 Freely accessible, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.
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