Beta Circini

β Circini


Location of β Circini (circled)

Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Circinus
Right ascension 15h 17m 30.8494s[1]
Declination −58° 48′ 04.349″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.069[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3Va[1]
U−B color index +0.09[2]
B−V color index +0.09[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)9.6 ± 2[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −98.39[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −135.46[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)33.75 ± 0.75[1] mas
Distance97 ± 2 ly
(29.6 ± 0.7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.71[3]
Details
Radius1.3[4] R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.281[5] cgs
Temperature8,892[5] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)59[2] km/s
Age166+212
−116
[5] Myr
Other designations
β Cir, Beta Circini, Beta Cir, CPD−58 5875, FK5 561, GC 20526, GJ 580.1, GJ 9516, HD 135379, HIP 74824, HR 5670, PPM 343590, SAO 242384.[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Beta Circini (Beta Cir, β Circini, β Cir) is an A-type main sequence star and is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Circinus.[1] It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 4.069.[1] It has one known planet — β Circini b.

Planetary System

The β Circini planetary system[6]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
β Circini b 56.0 (± 7.0) MJ 6656.0 — — — —

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 * bet Cir -- Star, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line September 5, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 HR 5670, database entry, The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version), D. Hoffleit and W. H. Warren, Jr., CDS ID V/50. Accessed on line September 5, 2008.
  3. ↑ From apparent magnitude and parallax.
  4. ↑ HD 135379, database entry, Catalog of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS), 3rd edition, L. E. Pasinetti-Fracassini, L. Pastori, S. Covino, and A. Pozzi, CDS ID II/224. Accessed on line September 5, 2008.
  5. 1 2 3 Song, Inseok; et al. (February 2001), "Ages of A-Type Vega-like Stars from uvbyβ Photometry", The Astrophysical Journal, 546 (1): 352–357, arXiv:astro-ph/0010102Freely accessible, Bibcode:2001ApJ...546..352S, doi:10.1086/318269
  6. ↑ "β Circini b". Retrieved 2015-10-30.


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