EQ Pegasi

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EQ Pegasi
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Location of EQ Pegasi in the constellation Pegasus

Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Pegasus
EQ Pegasi A
Right ascension 23h 31m 52.17385s [1]
Declination +19° 56′ 14.1304″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)10.38 (min) [2]
EQ Pegasi B
Right ascension 23h 31m 52.57534s [3]
Declination +19° 56′ 14.0050″ [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.58 (min) [2]
Characteristics
EQ Pegasi A
Evolutionary stage red dwarf
Spectral type M4Ve [2]
Variable type Flare star [2]
EQ Pegasi B
Evolutionary stage red dwarf
Spectral type M6Ve [2]
Variable type Flare star [2]
Astrometry
EQ Pegasi A
Radial velocity (Rv)−0.21±0.82 [1]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 578.009(35)  mas/yr [1]
Dec.: −59.769(23)  mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)159.6634 ± 0.0341  mas [1]
Distance 20.428 ± 0.004  ly
(6.263 ± 0.001  pc)
EQ Pegasi B
Proper motion (μ)RA: 552.349(55)  mas/yr [3]
Dec.: 20.275(36)  mas/yr [3]
Parallax (π)159.9085 ± 0.0513  mas [3]
Distance 20.396 ± 0.007  ly
(6.254 ± 0.002  pc)
Orbit [4]
Period (P)83,664.63 ± 1.98 days (229.0613 ± 0.0054  a)
Semi-major axis (a)5.05797±0.00043"
(31.635±0.033  AU )
Eccentricity (e)0.108047±0.000053
Inclination (i)130.065±0.010°
Longitude of the node (Ω)255.0919±0.0034°
Periastron epoch (T)2,401,891.34±1.19
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		307.1416±0.0045°
Details
A
Mass 0.43599±0.00092 [4]   M☉
Radius 0.35 [5]   R☉
Luminosity 0.019 [6]   L☉
Temperature 3,585 [7]   K
Rotation 1.061 days [5]
B
Mass 0.16527±0.00025 [4]   M☉
Radius 0.25 [5]   R☉
Luminosity0.008 [6]   L☉
Temperature 3,309 [8]   K
Rotation 0.404 days [5]
Other designations
EQ Peg, BD+19°5116, GJ  896, HIP  116132, WDS J23317+1956AB, G 68-24, G 129-19, G 128-71, LFT  1799, LHS  3965, LTT  16919, NLTT  57135 [9]
EQ Peg A: TYC  1723-23-1, 2MASS J23315208+1956142 [10]
EQ Peg B: LFT  1800, LHS  3966, LTT  16920, NLTT  57136, TYC  1723-23-2, 2MASS J23315244+1956138 [10]
Database references
SIMBAD The system
A
B

EQ Pegasi (also known as Gliese 896) is a nearby binary system of two red dwarfs. Both components are flare stars, with spectral types of M4Ve and M6Ve respectively, and a current separation between the components of 5.8 arcseconds. The system is at a distance of 20.4 light-years, and is 950 million years old. [11] The primary star is orbited by one known exoplanet. [4]

Contents

Discovery

EQ Pegasi was first noticed to be a binary star by Carl A. Wirtanen who in the course of a systematic survey of the McCormick Observatory photographic plates for M-type dwarfs, detected a companion about two magnitudes fainter at a separation of 3.5 arcseconds. [12]

Both components were also thought to be single-lined spectroscopic binaries, with faint companions that have not been resolved in orbits of a few years, [13] [14] but this is no longer thought to be the case. A 2021 study of nearby stars states that "the spectroscopic binarity classification [...] is almost certainly due to activity". [15]

Planetary system

In 2022, a Jovian planet was discovered in orbit around the system's primary star via radio astrometry. Along with the planet around TVLM 513-46546, this is the first confirmed exoplanet discovered entirely using astrometry. [4]

The Gliese 896 A planetary system [4]
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(days)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b2.26±0.57  MJ 0.64282±0.00068284.39±1.470.35±0.1969.20±25.61 ° —

In culture

In 1998, it was the basis of a hoax, as a telecommunications company claimed it had discovered "alien" signals originating from the star. [16]

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