Gliese 221

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Gliese 221
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Orion
Right ascension 05h 53m 00.285s [1]
Declination −05° 59′ 41.44″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)9.70 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K7V/M0V [3]
B−V color index 1.321±0.001 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+22.9±0.4 [1]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −1.170  mas/yr [1]
Dec.: −346.762  mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)49.2485 ± 0.0185  mas [1]
Distance 66.23 ± 0.02  ly
(20.305 ± 0.008  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)8.154±0.077 [4]
Details
Mass 0.72±0.21 [5]   M☉
Radius 0.613±0.064 [4]   R☉
Luminosity 0.095±0.01 [5]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.74±0.02 [5]   cgs
Temperature 4,324±100 [5]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.34±0.08 [5]   dex
Age 4.4±4 [5]   Gyr
Other designations
BD−06 1339, GJ  221, HIP  27803, PPM  188554, LTT  2396, 2MASS J05530028-0559410, [6] Gaia EDR3 3022099969137163904
Database references
SIMBAD data
Exoplanet Archive data

Gliese 221 (GJ 221), also known as BD-06 1339, is a star with an exoplanetary companion in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It is too faint to be visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 9.70 [2] and an absolute magnitude of 8.15. [4] Using parallax measurements, the distance to this system can be estimated as 66.2  light-years. It is receding from the Sun with a radial velocity of +23 km/s. [1] This is a high proper motion star, traversing the celestial sphere at an angular rate of 0.333″ ·yr−1. [7]

This is a late K-type or early M-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of K7V/M0V. [3] It has 72% of the mass and 61% of the radius of the Sun. [5] The star is roughly 4.4 [5] billion years old and is depleted in heavy elements, containing just 46% of solar abundance of iron. [5] It is an active star and the level of chromospheric activity has been found to vary significantly over time. [3] The star is radiating 10% [5] of the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,324 K. [5]

Planetary system

From 2003 to 2012, the star was under observance from the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS). It is becoming less active and this reduced activity allowed for lower-mass planetary measurements to be made.

A super-Venus planet, and an eccentric Neptune / Saturn in the habitable zone, were deduced by radial velocity in January 2013. [8] They were confirmed in May 2013. [9] In January 2014, a candidate planet d was proposed. [10]

The planet Gliese 221b (BD-06 1339 b) is not transiting the disk of the parent star, [11] and its existence was disputed in 2022. [12]

The Gliese 221 planetary system [13] [8]
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(days)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b(disputed [12] )>8.5806 ± 1.2712 M🜨 0.0428 ± 0.00073.8728 ± 0.0004———
c>54.026 ± 9.534  M🜨 0.435 ± 0.007125.94 ± 0.440.31 ± 0.11——
d(unconfirmed)22.246 M🜨 1.0947500———

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