23 Comae Berenices

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23 Comae Berenices
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23 Comae Berenices (circled) in the constellation Coma Berenices
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 34m 51.08058s [1]
Declination +22° 37 45.3303 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.80 [2] (4.96 + 6.90) [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A0IV [4]
U−B color index −0.01 [5]
B−V color index +0.012±0.015 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−16.0±1.8 [6] km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −58.89 [1] mas/yr
Dec.: 28.31 [1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.52±0.52  mas [1]
Distance 310 ± 20  ly
(95 ± 5  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.08 [2]
Orbit [7]
Period (P)33.04 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.219″
Eccentricity (e)0.898
Inclination (i)109.7°
Longitude of the node (Ω)24.3°
Periastron epoch (T) B1964.62
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
214.5°
Details
Mass 2.15 [8]   M
Radius 3.0 [9]   R
Luminosity 104.00 [2]   L
Surface gravity (log g)3.85 [8]   cgs
Temperature 9,675±329 [8]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)40 [8]  km/s
Age 210 [8]   Myr
Other designations
Phyllon Kissinou, 23 Com, BD+23°2475, FK5 1323, GC 17142, HD 109485, HIP 61394, HR 4789, SAO 82390, WDS J12349+2238 [10]
Database references
SIMBAD data

23 Comae Berenices, also named Phyllon Kissinou, [11] is a binary star [7] system in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices, situated a few degrees away from the North Galactic Pole. [12] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.80. [2] The system is located around 310  light years away from the Sun, based on parallax. [1] It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −16 km/s. [6]

The components of this system orbit each other with a period of 33 years, a large eccentricity of 0.9, and an angular semimajor axis of 0.219 . [7] The primary, designated component A, is a magnitude 4.96 [3] star with a stellar classification of A0IV, [4] matching an A-type subgiant that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and is in the process of evolving into a giant. Bychkov et al. (2009) list it as an Am star with an average field strength of 26×10−4  T . [13]

The primary is 210 [8]  million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 40 km/s. [8] It has 2.15 [8] times the mass of the Sun and about three [9] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 104 [2] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,675 K. [8]

In Ptolemy's Almagest , this star is described as "shaped like an ivy leaf" (φύλλοv κισσίνου, phyllon kissinou), presumably referring to the overall shape of the Coma Star Cluster. [14] Based on this, some modern sources have referred to it as Kissin (or Kissīn); this name has also been used for 21 Comae Berenices. [15] The IAU Working Group on Star Names approved the name Phyllon Kissinou for this star on 16 May 2024 and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names; [11] since this is a binary system, the IAU has mentioned that the names Phyllon and Kissinou can be applied to the primary and secondary components, respectively. [16]

References

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  9. 1 2 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001). "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 367 (2) (Third ed.): 521–524. arXiv: astro-ph/0012289 . Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451. S2CID   425754.
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  11. 1 2 "IAU Catalog of Star Names" . Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  12. Straizys, V.; Meistas, E. (1989). "Photoelectric photometry of bright stars in the vicinity of the North Galactic Pole". Vilnius Astronomijos Observatorijos Biuletenis. 84: 26. Bibcode:1989VilOB..84...26S.
  13. Bychkov, V. D.; et al. (2009), "Catalogue of averaged stellar effective magnetic fields - II. Re-discussion of chemically peculiar A and B stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 394 (3): 1338, Bibcode:2009MNRAS.394.1338B, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14227.x , S2CID   120268049.
  14. Ridpath, Ian. "Star Tales - Coma Berenices" . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
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  16. IAU Working Group on Star Names. Annual Report 2024 (PDF) (Report).