SR 12 (star)

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SR 12
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SR 12 and SR 12c (lower left) with JWST MIRI
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Ophiuchus
Right ascension 16h 27m 19.51s
Declination −24° 41′ 40.41″
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.09 to 13.53 [1]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage T-Tauri binary
Spectral type M3+M8 [2]
Variable type rotational variable [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-5.648320 ±0.01018 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: -7.703 ±1.088  mas/yr [5]
Dec.: -25.327 ±0.829  mas/yr [5]
Parallax (π)8.9034 ± 0.4288  mas [5]
Distance 370 ± 20  ly
(112 ± 5  pc)
Details
SR 12A
Mass 0.36+0.16
−0.07 [3]   M☉
Radius 2.0 ±0.3 [3]   R☉
Temperature 3428 [6]   K
Rotation 3.4 to 3.6 days [1]
Age 2 [2]   Myr
SR 12B
Temperature 2500 [6]   K
Position (relative to SR 12A) [7]
ComponentSR 12B
Epoch of observation 2022.2827
Angular distance 0.1118 ±1.1″
Position angle 76.2 ±1.1°
Other designations
EM* SR 12, 2MASS  J16271951-2441403, ISO-Oph 130, ROX 21, TIC  175629526, V* V2247 Oph, WDS  J16273-2442AB
Database references
SIMBAD data
Exoplanet Archive data

SR 12 (also known as V2247 Oph) is a weak-line T-Tauri binary that has a planetary-mass companion with a detected accretion disk. [2]

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The binary

SR 12 was discovered by Otto Struve and Mogens Rudkjøbing in 1949 as an emission-line star with a spectral type of M. The first letters of their names were used to name the star, together with the star number in their catalog. [8] It was also observed as an x-ray source with the Einstein Observatory, having the designation ROX 21. [9] The binary was discovered with the help of lunar occultations and speckle interferometry in 1987. [10]

The binary is located in the ρ Ophiuchi star-forming region and is a weak-line T-Tauri binary, meaning it still accretes gaseous material from a circumstellar disk. [6] There are differences in spectral type classifications of the individual stars. [2] A K4/M2.5 binary was suggested, [11] as well as a M3+M8 binary. [6] [2] The binary is separated by about 0.21 arcseconds, [12] which corresponds to a separation of 24 AU. [2] Speckle interferometry from SOAR does however find a lower separation of 0.1118 ±1.1 arcseconds. [7]

The star is a variable with a rotation period that changes between 3.4 and 3.6 days. This is due to stellar spots at different latitudes corresponding to different rotation periods, which indicates photospheric shearing. [1] [3] The magnetic surface of the primary was mapped in 2010. The magnetic field showed changes within 1 week. Excess emissions concentrated at mid-latitude are seen as a footprint of an accretion funnel. [3] The binary does not have any detection of circumbinary dust from Spitzer and ALMA observations. [2]

Planetary system

SR 12c was first detected in 2002 using the Infrared Survey Facility (IRSF), which was constructed and operated by Nagoya University and NAOJ and is located at the South African Astronomical Observatory. Follow-up observations were carried out with the Subaru Telescope in 2005 and 2008. Archival Hubble Space Telescope and Very Large Telescope (VLT) data were used to confirm the astrometry. [12] The companion is also mentioned in a paper from 2002 that detects it in Hubble/NICMOS. [13]

SR 12c has a separation of about 980 AU from the binary. [2] The near-infrared spectrum suggested a spectral type of M9.0 ± 0.5 of the planetary-mass companion (PMC) and a mass of 14+7
−8 MJ. [12] An additional higher-resolution near-infrared spectrum was taken in 2014, which showed signs of very low surface gravity, which is an indicator of youth. [14] VLT spectroscopy resulted in a spectral type of L0 ± 1. [15] A later work found that SR 12c is less massive with 11 ±3 MJ and SED-fitting yielded a spectral type of L0 ±1. [2] Several observations indicated that SR 12c is surrounded by a disk.

Observations with the VLT X-SHOOTER showed hydrogen emission lines, especially Hydrogen-alpha. This indicated that SR 12c accretes material at a rate of 10−11.08±0.40 M☉/year. [15] [16] The object also showed infrared excess from Spitzer IRAC photometry. [17] Observations with ALMA did detect the disk, but was not able to resolve the disk, indicating a dust disk radius less than 5 AU and the radius might be about 0.3 AU if the continuum is optically thick. The disk has a dust mass twice as high as the disk around PDS 70c, but is less massive than OTS 44. Assuming the disk has only 1 mm grains, the dust mass of the disk is 0.012 ME (0.95 ML). For a disk only made of 1 μm grains, it would have a dust mass of 0.054 ME (4.4 ML). The disk also contains gas, as is indicated by the accretion of hydrogen, with the gas mass being on the order of 0.03 MJ (about 9.5 ME). ALMA did not detect any carbon monoxide in the disk. [2]

The SR 12 planetary system [2]
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(years)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
c11 ±3  MJ 980———1.6  RJ

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