HD 60532

Star in the constellation Puppis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HD 60532 is a star with two orbiting exoplanets in the southern constellation of Puppis. The designation HD 60532 takes its name from the Henry Draper Catalogue. The system is located at a distance of 85.5 light years from the Sun, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 61 km/s.[5] At that distance, the star has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.45,[2] which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. The motion of this system through space brought it within 10.3 light-years of the Sun some 408,600 years ago.[11]

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HD 60532
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 07h 34m 03.181s[1]
Declination –22° 17 45.84[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.450[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6 IV-V[3]
U−B color index +0.07[4]
B−V color index +0.51[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)61.042±0.0004[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –40.180 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: 46.791 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)38.1379 ± 0.1087 mas[1]
Distance85.5 ± 0.2 ly
(26.22 ± 0.07 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.40[2]
Details
Mass1.44+0.03
0.1
[6] M
Radius2.66±0.03[7] R
Luminosity9.3±0.1[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.75±0.02[7] cgs
Temperature6,095[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.42[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8[6] km/s
Age2.7±0.1[6] Gyr
Other designations
108 G. Puppis, BD–21° 2007, GC 10134, GJ 279, HIP 36795, HR 2906, SAO 174009, 2MASS J07340317-2217457[8][9][10]
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
ARICNSdata
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The spectrum of this star shows blended features of an F-type main-sequence star and an evolving subgiant star, with a corresponding stellar classification of F6 IV-V.[3] It is an estimated 2.7 billion years old with a projected rotational velocity of 8 km/s and a low level of magnetic activity in its chromosphere.[6] The star has 1.44[6] times the mass of the Sun and 2.66 times the Sun's radius.[7] The abundance of iron, a measure of the star's metallicity, is a scant 38% of solar.[6] HD 60532 is radiating 9.3[7] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,095 K.[6]

Planetary system

In September 2008, two Jupiter-like planets were found orbiting the star.[6] The orbital periods of these two planets appear to be in 3:1 resonance.[12]

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The HD 60532 planetary system[13]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥1.06±0.08 MJ 0.77±0.02 201.9±0.3 0.26±0.02
c ≥2.51±0.16 MJ 1.60±0.04 600.1±2.4 0.03±0.02
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