Observation data Epoch J2000 [1] Equinox J2000 [1] | |
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Constellation | Canis Major |
HD 43162 A | |
Right ascension | 06h 13m 45.29538s |
Declination | −23° 51′ 42.9715″ |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +6.366 [2] |
HD 43162 B | |
Right ascension | 06h 13m 45.40574s [3] |
Declination | −23° 52′ 07.5731″ [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +12.5 (combined) [4] |
HD 43162 C | |
Right ascension | 06h 13m 47.17685s [5] |
Declination | −23° 54′ 24.8191″ [5] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +12.96 [6] |
Characteristics | |
HD 43162 A | |
Spectral type | G6.5V [6] |
B−V color index | 0.702 [1] |
J−H color index | 0.266 [1] |
J−K color index | 0.403 [1] |
Variable type | BY Draconis variable |
HD 43162 B | |
Spectral type | M3.5 / M5 [7] |
J−H color index | 0.579 [3] / ? |
J−K color index | 0.835 [3] / ? |
HD 43162 C | |
Spectral type | dM3.5e [8] |
B−V color index | 1.36 [5] |
J−H color index | 0.563 [5] |
J−K color index | 0.851 [5] |
Variable type | Flare star |
Astrometry | |
HD 43162 A | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 21.91±0.09 [1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -47.564 [1] mas/yr Dec.: 111.085 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 59.885 ± 0.0192 mas [1] |
Distance | 54.46 ± 0.02 ly (16.699 ± 0.005 pc) |
HD 43162 B | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 22.9±0.2 [3] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -36.865 [3] mas/yr Dec.: 124.763 [3] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 59.377 ± 0.4216 mas [3] |
Distance | 54.9 ± 0.4 ly (16.8 ± 0.1 pc) |
HD 43162 C | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -31.239 [5] mas/yr Dec.: 111.054 [5] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 59.9905 ± 0.0222 mas [5] |
Distance | 54.37 ± 0.02 ly (16.669 ± 0.006 pc) |
Orbit | |
Primary | HD 43162 A |
Companion | HD 43162 B |
Semi-major axis (a) | 24 [6] " (410 AU [6] ) |
Orbit | |
Primary | HD 43162 A |
Companion | HD 43162 C |
Semi-major axis (a) | 164 [6] " (2740 AU [6] ) |
Details [9] | |
HD 43162 A | |
Mass | 0.99±0.02 M☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.53±0.03 cgs |
Temperature | 5661±27 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.057±0.022, [9] −0.02 [10] dex |
Rotation | 7.24±0.22 d [11] |
Age | 1900±1300, [9] 295±36 [11] Myr |
HD 43162 Ba | |
Temperature | 3265+165 −85 [7] K |
HD 43162 Bb | |
Temperature | 3180+85 −170 [7] K |
Other designations | |
WDS J6138-2352AB | |
HD 43162 A: V352 CMa, CD−23° 3577, CPD−23° 1125, Gaia DR3 2913411183149615744, GC 7961, GJ 3389, HD 43162, HIP 29568, HR 2225, SAO 171428, PPM 250051, WDS J06138-2352A, TIC 124494439, TYC 6505-2273-1, GSC 06505-02273, 2MASS J06134528-2351433 [1] | |
HD 43162 B: Gaia DR3 2913411183147100416, HD 43162B, WDS J06138-2352B, TIC 124494444, 2MASS J06134539-2352077, DENIS J061345.3-235207, WISE J061345.36-235206.3 [3] | |
HD 43162 C: Gaia DR3 2913314288686472576, HD 43162C, WDS J06138-2352C, TIC 124494465, 2MASS J06134717-2354250, DENIS J061347.1-235424, WISE J061347.14-235423.7, WISEA J061347.14-235423.6, EUVE J0613-23.9B, USNO-B1.0 0660-00076188 [5] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | A |
B | |
C |
HD 43162 is a star system consisting of a young solar analog star orbited by a pair of red dwarfs and another solitary red dwarf farther away. It is located about 54.5 light-years (16.7 parsecs) away in the southern constellation of Canis Major, making it one of the closest quadruple star systems. It has the variable star designation V352 Canis Majoris (often abbreviated to V352 CMa). With an apparent magnitude of 6.366, it is barely visible to the naked eye under dark skies far from city lights.
HD 43162 A, often simply HD 43162, is an active G-type main sequence star with the spectral type G6.5V. [11] It is a BY Draconis variable [6] with a long brightness cycle lasting 11.7±0.5 years. Though estimates on the star's age vary substantially, the star is likely young based on the strong calcium H and K emission lines (wavelengths 3968.469 Å and 3933.663 Å [13] ), high X-ray luminosity, rapid rotation, and its richness in lithium, though its metallicity ([Fe/H]) does not match the star's young age. The metallicity and its motion through space connotes that the star belongs to the young disk population, [11] part of the Milky Way's thin disk. [9]
The star has been noted to be abnormally poor in carbon, with a carbon-oxygen ratio calculated at [C/O]=−0.17±0.05 dex, despite having typical oxygen and iron abundances for solar-like stars. While oxygen is known to originate in the supernovae of massive stars, the origin of carbon remains unclear, and thus the reason for this anomalous carbon abundance is still unknown. [9]
In 2009, the star became one of eleven stars discovered to be surrounded by debris disks by the Spitzer Space Telescope, alongside planetary hosts such as Gliese 581, HD 40979, and HD 178911, the latter two also multiple star systems. No planets have been discovered around HD 43162 A, however, the only one out of the eleven without known exoplanets. [14]
Photometric data from the Hipparcos catalog indicates that the photometric variability of the star may be caused by an unresolved companion, which, if true, would make this component a binary system (Aa/Ab) itself, [6] which may push the number of stars in the whole system up to five.
HD 43162 B, also known as 2MASS J06134539−2352077, was announced to be a co-moving companion to HD 43162 A in 2013, located at a separation of 24 arcseconds (410 AU) from the primary star. [6] This object had been discovered to be a binary during the Astralux Large M-Dwarf Multiplicity Survey in 2012, [15] and the two components have been determined to be red dwarfs.
The larger of the pair (2MASS J0613−2352A) has a spectral type of M3.5 and a temperature of 3,265 K, while the smaller (B) has the spectral type M5.0 and a temperature of 3,180 K. [7] The two stars have a total mass of 0.57 M☉ or 0.42 M☉, with a mass ratio of 0.63:0.37. They orbit each other with a period of 13 years [16] at a distance of 3.91+0.83
−0.11 AU or 4.62+0.06
−0.04 AU, in a high eccentric orbit (eccentricity 0.77+0.10
−0.11 or 0.65±0.01). Due to the possible presence of missing mass, potential remains for the existence of another unseen body within the system. [17]
They are likely part of the Argus Association, which places their age at 45±5 Ma . [17]
In 2010, the red dwarf 2MASS J06134717−2354250 was found to be a co-moving companion to HD 43162 A and was initially designated HD 43162 B, [18] before it was re-designated HD 43162 C in 2013. [6] It is situated 164 arcseconds away from the primary, which corresponds to a distance of 2,740 AU. [6] It is a coronally active flare star with a spectral type of dM3.5e. [4] [19]
In 2003, before its physical association with the HD 43162 system was confirmed, the star was reported to have undergone a massive stellar flare, during which a 200-fold increase occurred in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) flux. This translates to a total energy of about 3×1034 ergs released in the 60–200 Å wavelength band, which is as energetic as the largest EUV flare that had been observed at the time, [8] seen on AU Microscopii in July 1992. [20]
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YZ Canis Minoris is a red-hued star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor. With an apparent visual magnitude of 11.15, it is much too faint to be viewed with the naked eye. The distance to YZ CMi can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 167 mas, yielding a value of 19.5 light years. Presently the star is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +26.5 km/s. It made its closest approach some 162,000 years ago when it made perihelion passage at a distance of 10.2 ly. YZ CMi is a potential member of the Beta Pictoris moving group.
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HD 119124 is a wide binary star system in the circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. With an apparent visual magnitude of 6.3, it lies below the normal brightness limit of stars that are visible with the naked eye under most viewing conditions. An annual parallax shift of 39.24 mas for the A component provides a distance estimate of 83 light years. The pair are candidate members of the Castor Moving Group, which implies a relatively youthful age of around 200 million years. HD 119124 is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −12 km/s.
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