HD 85512

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HD 85512
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Vela
Right ascension 09h 51m 07.05180s [1]
Declination −43° 30′ 10.0237″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)7.66
Characteristics
Spectral type K6V [2]
U−B color index 1.12
B−V color index 1.18
V−R color index 0.71
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−9.78±0.12 [1]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 461.603  mas/yr [1]
Dec.: −471.880  mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)88.6737 ± 0.0173  mas [1]
Distance 36.782 ± 0.007  ly
(11.277 ± 0.002  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)7.39 [3]
Details [2] [4]
Mass 0.69  M☉
Radius 0.533 ± 0.04 [note 1]   R☉
Luminosity (bolometric)0.126 ± 0.008  L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.604±0.017  cgs
Temperature 4404±10  K
Metallicity ([Si/H] dex) -0.02
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.28  dex
Rotation 47.13 ± 6.98
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.194±0.118 km/s
Age 5.61 ± 0.61  Gyr
Other designations
CD−42°5678, Gaia DR2  5412947081287925504, GJ  370, HD  85512, HIP  48331, LHS  2201, 2MASS J09510700-4330097 [5]
Database references
SIMBAD data

HD 85512 is a solitary K-type main-sequence star 36.8 light-years (11.3 parsecs ) away in the constellation Vela. It is about 1 billion years older than the Sun. It is extremely chromospherically inactive, only slightly more active than Tau Ceti. It exhibits a long-term variability [2] and was thought to host one low-mass planet, although this is now doubtful. [6]

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Position

HD 85512 lies in Vela, 3′32″ west of and 10′54″ north of LZ Velorum (HD 86005), a chromospherically active giant, variable star, at 2090 light years away, of orange-to-red color and similarly average magnitude. [7]

Planetary system

Artists's impression of HD 85512 b. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser. HD 85512 Planetary system.jpg
Artists's impression of HD 85512 b. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser.

On August 19, 2011, a ≥3.6 Earth-mass planet was discovered using HARPS that is "just inside" the habitable zone, along with the inner planets of e (or 82 G.) Eridani, and HD 192310 c in Capricornus. These two other systems are closer to Earth than this system. [9] Modelling at the time of the discovery announcement found that the planet could be cool enough to host liquid water if it has more than 50% cloud coverage, [10] but with revised models of the habitable zone two years later it was found to be too hot to be potentially habitable. [11] For a time it ranked fifth-best for habitability in the Planetary Habitability Laboratory's Habitable Exoplanets Catalog, which later listed it in an article about "false starts" in the search for potentially habitable exoplanets. [12]

In 2023, a study reassessed the radial velocity data of HD 85512. A signal was detected with a period of 51 days, inconsistent with the previously published 58-day orbital period of HD 85512 b, but consistent with previous estimates of the stellar rotation period. This indicates that the signal is very likely to be caused by the stellar rotation, rather than an orbiting planet. [6] : 25–27  [6] : 44 

The HD 85512 planetary system [9]
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(days)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b (dubious)≥3.6 M🜨 0.26 ± 0.00558.43 ± 0.130.11 ± 0.1——

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References

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Notes

  1. ↑ From , where is the radius, is the luminosity, is the effective surface temperature and is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant.

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