19 Leonis Minoris

19 Leonis Minoris (19 LMi) is a spectroscopic binary^[15] located in the northern constellation Leo Minor. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.1,^[2] making it one of the brighter members of the constellation. The system is relatively close at a distance of 94 light years^[1] but is drifitng closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of 8.6 km/s.^[5]

19 Leonis Minoris

Location of 19 LMi (circled)
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Leo Minor
Right ascension	09h 57m 41.0544s[1]
Declination	+41° 03′ 20.275″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.10±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	F6 V[3]
U−B color index	0.00[4]
B−V color index	+0.46[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	−8.6±2.6[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −116.432 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −25.860 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)	34.5809 ± 0.0926 mas[1]
Distance	94.3 ± 0.3 ly (28.92 ± 0.08 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	+2.86[6]
Orbit[7]
Period (P)	9.2835 d
Eccentricity (e)	0.048[8]
Periastron epoch (T)	2,443,858.21 JD
Argument of periastron (ω) (primary)	351[8]°
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary)	18.9 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2) (secondary)	25.3 km/s
Details
A
Mass	1.29±0.19[9] M☉
Radius	2±0.1[9] R☉
Luminosity	6.41±0.04[1] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.98±0.03[10] cgs
Temperature	6,483±80[11] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	+0.09[11] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	5[12] km/s
Age	2.474[1] Gyr
B
Mass	1.01[13] M☉
Other designations
19 LMi, AG+41°966, BD+41°2033, FK5 374, GC 13700, GJ 3574, HD 86146, HIP 48833, HR 3928, SAO 43115[14]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

This spectroscopic binary can be classified as single lined^[3] because only the primary's spectrum can be observed clearly, with it having a stellar classification of F6 V.^[3] This makes it an ordinary F-type main-sequence star. The companion is probably a G-type main-sequence star of G0,^[7] having a mass 101% that of the Sun.^[13] The pair have a relatively circular orbit of about 9 days.^[13]

19 LMi has 129% the mass of the Sun^[9] and an effective temperature of 6,483 K, giving a yellow white hue. The object is somewhat evolved at an age of 2.5 billion years,^[1] having a slightly enlarged radius of 2 R_☉^[9] and a luminosity of 6.4 L_☉,^[1] high for its class. 19 LMi has an iron abundance 123% that of the Sun,^[11] making it slightly metal enriched. It spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 5 km/s.^[12]

References

1. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
2. Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. ISSN 0004-6361.
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4. Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4: 99–110. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
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6. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
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8. Kraicheva, Z.; Popova, E.; Tutukov, A.; Yungelson, L. (July 1980). "Catalogue of physical parameters of spectroscopic binary stars". Bulletin d'Information du Centre de Donnees Stellaires. 19: 71. Bibcode:1980BICDS..19...71K. ISSN 1169-8837.
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10. Ramírez, I.; Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (29 January 2013). "Oxygen Abundances in Nearby FGK Stars and the Galactic Chemical Evolution of the Local Disk and Halo". The Astrophysical Journal. 764 (1): 78. arXiv:1301.1582. Bibcode:2013ApJ...764...78R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/764/1/78. eISSN 1538-4357. ISSN 0004-637X.
11. Casagrande, L.; Schönrich, R.; Asplund, M.; Cassisi, S.; Ramírez, I.; Meléndez, J.; Bensby, T.; Feltzing, S. (June 2011). "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s): Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey⋆". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 530: A138. arXiv:1103.4651. Bibcode:2011A&A...530A.138C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276. ISSN 0004-6361.
12. Nordström, B.; Mayor, M.; Andersen, J.; Holmberg, J.; Pont, F.; Jørgensen, B. R.; Olsen, E. H.; Udry, S.; Mowlavi, N. (May 2004). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood: Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ~14 000 F and G dwarfs". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 418 (3): 989–1019. arXiv:astro-ph/0405198. Bibcode:2004A&A...418..989N. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035959. ISSN 0004-6361.
13. Tokovinin, Andrei (14 March 2014). "From Binaries to Multiples. II. Hierarchical Multiplicity of F and G Dwarfs". The Astronomical Journal. 147 (4): 87. arXiv:1401.6827. Bibcode:2014AJ....147...87T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/4/87. eISSN 1538-3881. ISSN 0004-6256.
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15. Pourbaix, D.; Tokovinin, A. A.; Batten, A. H.; Fekel, F. C.; Hartkopf, W. I.; Levato, H.; Morrell, N. I.; Torres, G.; Udry, S. (23 August 2004). "SB⁹: The ninth catalogue of spectroscopic binary orbits". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 424 (2): 727–732. arXiv:astro-ph/0406573. Bibcode:2004A&A...424..727P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.