42 Leonis Minoris

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42 Leonis Minoris
Leo Minor constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of 42 Leo Minoris (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Leo Minor
Right ascension 10h 45m 51.8947s [1]
Declination +30° 40′ 56.307″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.35±0.01 [2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence [3]
Spectral type B9 V [4]
U−B color index −0.16 [5]
B−V color index −0.06 [5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)12±3.7 [6] km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −20.344 mas/yr [1]
Dec.: −38.234 mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)7.915±0.0813  mas
Distance 412 ± 4  ly
(126 ± 1  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)+0.02 [7]
Details
Mass 2.77±0.36 [8]   M☉
Radius 3.29±0.11 [8]   R☉
Luminosity 107 [9]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4±0.2 [10]   cgs
Temperature 10,703±206 [8]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)145 [11]  km/s
Age 69+199
−59 [10]   Myr
Other designations
42 LMi, AG+30°1079, BD+31°2180, FK5 407, GC 14798, HD 93152, HIP 52638, HR 4203, SAO 62236
Database references
SIMBAD data

42 Leonis Minoris (42 LMi) is a solitary, [12] bluish-white hued star located in the northern constellation Leo Minor. It has a visual apparent magnitude of 5.35, [2] allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of 412 light years. [1] The object has a heliocentric radial velocity of 12  km/s , [6] indicating that it is drifting away from the Solar System.

42 LMi has a general stellar classification of B9 V, [4] indicating that it is an ordinary B-type main-sequence star. However, Cowley et al. (1969) gave a slightly cooler class of A1 Vn, [13] indicating that it is instead an A-type main-sequence star with 'nebulous' (broad) absorption lines due to rapid rotation. Nevertheless, it has 2.77 times the mass of the Sun and a radius of 3.3  R☉ . [8] It radiates at 107 times the luminosity of the Sun [9] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,703  K . [8] Its high luminosity and slightly enlarged diameter suggests that the object might be evolved. Like most hot stars, 42 LMi spins rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 145  km/s . [11]

There are two optical companions located near this star. BD+31°2181 is a 7th magnitude K2 giant star separated 146″ away along a position angle of 174° . [14] An 8th magnitude companion has been detected at a distance of over 400  arcseconds along a position angle of 92° . [14] Both have no relation to 42 LMi and is just moving with it by coincidence.

An X-ray emission with a luminosity of 278.2×1020  W has been detected around the object. A-type stars are not expected to emmit X-rays, so it must be coming from an unseen companion. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 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.
  3. ↑ Zari, E.; Hashemi, H.; Brown, A. G. A.; Jardine, K.; De Zeeuw, P. T. (2018). "3D mapping of young stars in the solar neighbourhood with Gaia DR2". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 620: A172. arXiv: 1810.09819 . Bibcode:2018A&A...620A.172Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834150.
  4. 1 2 Osawa, Kiyoteru (July 1959). "Spectral Classification of 533 B8-A2 Stars and the Mean Absolute Magnitude of a0 V Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 130: 159. Bibcode:1959ApJ...130..159O. doi: 10.1086/146706 . eISSN   1538-4357. ISSN   0004-637X.
  5. 1 2 Crawford, D. L. (February 1963). "U, b, v, and Hβ Photometry for the Bright B8- and B9-TYPE Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 137: 530. Bibcode:1963ApJ...137..530C. doi: 10.1086/147526 . eISSN   1538-4357. ISSN   0004-637X.
  6. 1 2 Kharchenko, N.V.; Scholz, R.-D.; Piskunov, A.E.; Röser, S.; Schilbach, E. (November 2007). "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ~55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations". Astronomische Nachrichten. 328 (9): 889–896. arXiv: 0705.0878 . Bibcode:2007AN....328..889K. doi: 10.1002/asna.200710776 . ISSN   0004-6337.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv: 1905.10694 . Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467 . eISSN   1538-3881.
  9. 1 2 McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (15 June 2017). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho–Gaia stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471 (1): 770–791. arXiv: 1706.02208 . Bibcode:2017MNRAS.471..770M. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1433 . eISSN   1365-2966. ISSN   0035-8711.
  10. 1 2 Gullikson, Kevin; Kraus, Adam; Dodson-Robinson, Sarah (25 July 2016). "The Close Companion Mass-ratio Distribution of Intermediate-mass Stars". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 40. arXiv: 1604.06456 . Bibcode:2016AJ....152...40G. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/40 . eISSN   1538-3881.
  11. 1 2 Dworetsky, Michael M. (November 1974). "Rotational Velocities of A0 Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 28: 101. Bibcode:1974ApJS...28..101D. doi: 10.1086/190312 . eISSN   1538-4365. ISSN   0067-0049.
  12. ↑ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (11 September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv: 0806.2878 . Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x . eISSN   1365-2966. ISSN   0035-8711.
  13. ↑ Cowley, A.; Cowley, C.; Jaschek, M.; Jaschek, C. (April 1969). "A study of the bright stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications". The Astronomical Journal. 74: 375. Bibcode:1969AJ.....74..375C. doi: 10.1086/110819 . ISSN   0004-6256.
  14. 1 2 Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (December 2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466–3471. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi: 10.1086/323920 . ISSN   0004-6256.
  15. ↑ Schröder, C.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M. (24 September 2007). "X-ray emission from A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 475 (2): 677–684. Bibcode:2007A&A...475..677S. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077429 . eISSN   1432-0746. ISSN   0004-6361.
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