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PDS 70
T Tauri-type star in the constellation Centaurus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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PDS 70 (V1032 Centauri) is a very young T Tauri star in the constellation Centaurus. Located 370 light-years (110 parsecs) from Earth, it has a mass of 0.76 M☉ and is approximately 5.4 million years old.[3] The star has a protoplanetary disk containing two nascent exoplanets, named PDS 70b and PDS 70c, which have been directly imaged by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. PDS 70b was the first confirmed protoplanet to be directly imaged.[6][7][3]
Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000, Constellation ...
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Centaurus |
Right ascension | 14h 08m 10.15455s[1] |
Declination | −41° 23′ 52.5733″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12[2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | Pre-main-sequence (T Tauri) |
Spectral type | K7[3] |
U−B color index | 0.71[4] |
B−V color index | 1.06[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 0.74±3.22[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -29.697 mas/yr[1] Dec.: -24.041 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 8.8975 ± 0.0191 mas[1] |
Distance | 366.6 ± 0.8 ly (112.4 ± 0.2 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 0.76 ± 0.02[3] M☉ |
Radius | 1.26 ± 0.15[3] R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.35 ± 0.09[3] L☉ |
Temperature | 3972 ± 36[3] K |
Rotation | ~50 days[5] |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | ~10[5] km/s |
Age | 5.4 ± 1[3] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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