CHXR 73

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CHXR 73
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HST image of CHXR 73 and its companion
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Chamaeleon
Right ascension 11h 06m 28.7626s [1]
Declination −77° 37 33.1444 [1]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3 [2]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: −22.193±0.233 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: 0.215±0.206 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.2343 ± 0.1759  mas [1]
Distance 620 ± 20  ly
(191 ± 6  pc)
Details [3]
Mass 0.32 ± 0.11  M
Radius 0.83 ± 0.04  R
Luminosity 0.09 ± 0.07  L
Temperature 3490 ± 180  K
Age 2±1 [4]   Myr
Other designations
2MASS J11062877-7737331 [5]
Database references
SIMBAD data

CHXR 73 is a star in the constellation Chamaeleon, about 620 light-years away from Earth. [1] [6]

The star is located within Cha I, a molecular cloud. [5] It has a low temperature of 3,490 K typical of red dwarfs, but unlike typical red dwarfs it has an unusually large radius of 0.83 R—this is because of its young age, only 8 million years. [3]

Planetary system

A companion, CHXR 73 b, has been found via direct imaging. CHXR 73 has a mass of about 12 Jupiters. [7] This is close to the upper mass limit for planets, making its classification difficult.[ citation needed ]

The CHXR 73 planetary system [4]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 13±6  MJ 210

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