Delta Trianguli

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Delta Trianguli
Triangulum IAU.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of δ Trianguli (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Triangulum
Right ascension 02h 17m 03.23016s [1]
Declination +34° 13 27.2260 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)+4.865 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G0V + G9V to K4V [3]
U−B color index +0.02 [4]
B−V color index +0.61 [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−5.70 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 1151.83 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −246.89 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)92.73 ± 0.39  mas [1]
Distance 35.2 ± 0.1  ly
(10.78 ± 0.05  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)4.69 [2]
Orbit [6]
CompanionDelta Trianguli B
Period (P)10.02 days
Semi-major axis (a)9.80±0.06 mas
Eccentricity (e)0.020±0.005
Inclination (i)167±3°
Longitude of the node (Ω)15±9°
Details
A
Mass 0.884±0.059 [7]   M
Radius 0.98 [8]   R
Surface gravity (log g)4.5 [9]   cgs
Temperature 6,215 [3]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.39 [2]  to −0.30 [9]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)10.00 [5]  km/s
Age 8.5 [10]  to 9.0 [2]   Gyr
B
Mass 0.785±0.044 [7]   M
Temperature 4,493 [3]   K
Other designations
δ Tri, Delta Tri, 8 Trianguli, BD+33° 395, HD  13974, HIP  10644, HR  660, SAO  55420, LHS  154, LTT  10770 [11]
Database references
SIMBAD data

Delta Trianguli, Latinized from Delta Tri, is a spectroscopic binary star system approximately 35 light-years (11  pc ) away in the constellation of Triangulum. The primary star is a yellow dwarf, while the secondary star is thought to be an orange dwarf. It has an apparent magnitude of +4.87 and forms an optical (line-of-sight) triple with Gamma Trianguli and 7 Trianguli. [12]

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Stellar components

Delta Trianguli A is a main sequence star with a stellar classification of G0V and a mass similar to the Sun. [12] The spectral characteristics of the smaller companion Delta Trianguli B are not well determined since the close orbit makes observations difficult, [13] with estimates of the spectral class ranging from G9V to K4V. [3] The Delta Trianguli stars orbit their center of mass with an estimated separation of 0.106  AU; [12] it is certainly less than one AU. [3] The orbital period is 10.02 days and the eccentricity of the orbit is only 0.020. The orbit is inclined about 167° to the line of sight from Earth. [6]

A 2008 search for a tertiary companion to this system using an adaptive optics system on the VLT proved unsuccessful. [14] Examination of the system in infrared light at 70 μm shows no excess emission that would otherwise indicate the presence of a disk of orbiting dust. [3]

Naming

In Chinese, 天大將軍 (Tiān Dà Jiāng Jūn), meaning Heaven's Great General , refers to an asterism consisting of δ Trianguli γ Andromedae, φ Persei, 51 Andromedae, 49 Andromedae, χ Andromedae, υ Andromedae, τ Andromedae, 56 Andromedae, β Trianguli and γ Trianguli. Consequently, the Chinese name for δ Trianguli itself is 天大將軍十一 (Tiān Dà Jiāng Jūn shíyī, English: the Eleventh Star of Heaven's Great General.). [15]

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">14 Trianguli</span> Star in the constellation Triangulum

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