HD 240429 and HD 240430

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HD 240429 and HD 240430
Observation data
Epoch J2000        Equinox J2000
Constellation Cassiopeia
HD 240429 (Krios)
Right ascension 23h 51m 55.0285s [1]
Declination +59° 42 48.613 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)9.70 [2]
HD 240430 (Kronos)
Right ascension 23h 52m 09.2427s [1]
Declination +59° 42 26.526 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)9.56 [2]
Characteristics
HD 240429
Spectral type G0 [3]
HD 240430
Spectral type G2 [3]
Astrometry
HD 240429
Radial velocity (Rv)−21.2 [3]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 89.25 [4]   mas/yr
Dec.: −29.68 [4]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.7004 ± 0.0250  mas [4]
Distance 336.2 ± 0.9  ly
(103.1 ± 0.3  pc)
HD 240430
Radial velocity (Rv)−21.2 [3]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 89.41 [4]   mas/yr
Dec.: −30.12 [4]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.6884 ± 0.0257  mas [4]
Distance 336.6 ± 0.9  ly
(103.2 ± 0.3  pc)
Details [3]
HD 240429
Surface gravity (log g)4.43 ± 0.028  cgs
Temperature 5878 ± 25  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.01 ± 0.010  dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.1 km/s
Age 4.00+1.51
−1.56
  Gyr
HD 240430
Surface gravity (log g)4.33 ± 0.028  cgs
Temperature 5803 ± 25  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.20 ± 0.010  dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.5 km/s
Age 4.28+1.11
−1.03
  Gyr
Other designations
HD 240429: BD+58° 2662, HD  240429, SAO  35851 [5]
HD 240430: BD+58° 2663, HD  240430, SAO  35854 [6]
Database references
SIMBAD HD 240429
HD 240430

HD 240429 (nicknamed Krios) and HD 240430 (Kronos) is a wide binary star system in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Both components of the system are yellow G-type main-sequence stars. [3] HD 240430 is a Sun-like star in appearance, but it seems to have eaten its own planets, for which it is given the nickname Kronos, after the Greek god and the leader of the first generation of Titans. [7] Its unusual properties were described by a team of astrophysicists at Princeton University in 2017, led by Semyeong Oh. [8]

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Kronos and Krios are about 350 light years away from Earth. [9] Formed around four billion years ago, they originated from the same interstellar cloud. They are moving together through space and are assumed to orbit each other slowly, with an estimated period of about 10,000 years. Kronos has a higher abundance of elements such as lithium, magnesium and iron in its atmosphere than in that of Krios. They are the most chemically different binary stars to have been discovered to date. The unusual and rich chemical composition leads scientists to the conclusion that Kronos has destroyed many of its orbiting planets. [8] According to estimates, it might have absorbed at least 15 Earth masses. [3]

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