Gliese 570

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Gliese 570
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The quaternary star system Gliese 570. The T-type methane brown dwarf Gliese 570D is indicated with an arrow.
Credit: 2MASS
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Location of Gliese 570 (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Libra
Right ascension 14h 57m 28.00144s [1]
Declination −21° 24′ 55.7131″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.75 / 8.07 / 10.5
Characteristics
Spectral type K4V / M1V / M3V / T7V
U−B color index 1.06 /1.22
B−V color index 1.11 / 1.51
Variable type None
Astrometry
A
Radial velocity (Rv)+26.75±0.12 [2]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 1031.472  mas/yr [2]
Dec.: -1723.619  mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)169.8843 ± 0.0653  mas [2]
Distance 19.199 ± 0.007  ly
(5.886 ± 0.002  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)6.89 [3]
BC
Radial velocity (Rv)+25.9 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 961.78 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: -1677.83 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)168.77 ± 21.54  mas [1]
Distance approx. 19  ly
(approx. 5.9  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)9.19 [3] / 11.05
D
Proper motion (μ)RA: 1038.08 [5]   mas/yr
Dec.: -1677.59 [5]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)169.30 ± 1.70  mas [6]
Distance 19.3 ± 0.2  ly
(5.91 ± 0.06  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)11.05[ citation needed ]
Details
Mass 0.802 ± 0.040 [7] / 0.55 / 0.35 / 0.05  M☉
Radius 0.739 ± 0.019 [7] / 0.65  R☉
Luminosity (bolometric)0.22 [note 1] / 0.04 / ? / 3•10−6 [8]   L☉
Luminosity (visual, LV)0.16 / 0.02 / 0.003 / ?  L☉
Temperature 4597 ± 101 [7] / 2700  K
Metallicity [7]
Rotation 48.3 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.50 [7]  km/s
Other designations
33 G. Librae, GJ 570, HD  131976, ADS 9446, WDS  J14575-2125
A: HR  5568, LAL  27173, HD  131977, BD-20°4125, LHS  387, LTT  5949, GCTP  3375.00, SAO  183040, FK5 1391, LFT 1161, LPM 551, Vys 726, HIP  73184
BC: HD  131976, HIP  73182, LHS  386, LTT  5948, BD-20°4123, SAO  183039, LFT 1160, LPM 550
D: 2MASS  J14571496-2121477
Database references
SIMBAD A
BC
D
Exoplanet Archive data
ARICNS data

Gliese 570 (or 33 G. Librae) is a quaternary star system approximately 19 light-years away. The primary star is an orange dwarf star (much dimmer and smaller than the Sun). The other secondary stars are themselves a binary system, two red dwarfs that orbit the primary star. A brown dwarf has been confirmed to be orbiting in the system. In 1998, an extrasolar planet was thought to orbit the primary star, but it was discounted in 2000.

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Distance and visibility

In the night sky, the Gliese 570 system lies in the southwestern part of Libra. The system is southwest of Alpha Librae and northwest of Sigma Librae. In the early 1990s, the European Hipparcos mission measured the parallax of components B and C, suggesting that the system was at a distance of 24.4 light-years from the Sun. This, however, was a relatively large error as Earth-based parallax and orbit observations suggest that the two stars are actually part of a system with Gliese 570 A, and must actually lie at the same distance.

Star system

The primary star of the system (component A) is an orange dwarf star that may just have over three fourths the mass of the Sun, about 77 percent of its radius, and only 15.6 percent of its visual luminosity. It has a separation of 190 astronomical units from the binary components B and C, moving in an eccentric orbit that takes at least 2130 years to complete. [9] Gliese 570 A is spectral type K4V and emits X-rays. [10] Radial velocities of the primary obtained in the course of an extrasolar planet search at Lick Observatory show a linear trend probably due to the orbital motion of the Gliese 570 BC system around the primary. [11]

A binary system in their own right, components B and C are both rather dim red dwarf stars that have less mass, radius, and luminosity than the Sun. Component B is spectral type M1V, component C is spectral type M3V, and both emit X-rays. [10]

An artist's impression of Gliese 570 D showing the primary stars GJ570D.jpg
An artist's impression of Gliese 570 D showing the primary stars

On January 15, 2000, astronomers announced that they had found one of the coolest brown dwarfs then known. Catalogued as Gliese 570 D, it was observed at a wide separation of more than 1,500 astronomical unit from the triple star system. [12] It has an estimated mass of 50 times that of Jupiter.

The status of Gliese 570 D as a brown dwarf was confirmed by Doppler spectroscopy at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile. The surface temperature of this substellar object was found to be a relatively cool 500 degrees Celsius, making it cooler and less luminous than any other then-known brown dwarf (including the prototype "T" dwarf), and classifying the object as a T7-8V brown dwarf. No X-rays have been reported from this brown dwarf.

Search for planets

In 1998, an extrasolar planet was announced to orbit the primary star within the Gliese 570 system. The planet, identified as "Gliese 570 Ab", was considered doubtful and the claim was retracted in 2000. [13] No extrasolar planets have been confirmed to exist in this multiple star system thus far.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ From L=4πR2σTeff4, where L is the luminosity, R is the radius, Teff is the effective surface temperature and σ is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant.

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