Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Cancer |
Right ascension | 08h 51m 00.80527s [1] |
Declination | +11° 48′ 52.7956″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.676 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G5V [3] |
B−V color index | 0.626 [3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +36.5 ± 0.9 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -10.813 mas/yr [1] Dec.: -2.732 mas/yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 1.1297 ± 0.0242 mas [1] |
Distance | 2,890 ± 60 ly (890 ± 20 pc) |
Details [3] | |
Mass | 1.01±0.02 M☉ |
Radius | 0.99±0.02 R☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.44±0.035 cgs |
Temperature | 5780±27 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.023±0.015 dex |
Age | 4.15±0.65 [5] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
YBP 1194 is a G-type main-sequence star, class G5V, in the open cluster Messier 67, about 2,890 light-years (890 parsecs ) from the Sun in the constellation Cancer. [6] [7] It is a solar twin, having the near exact same temperature and mass as the Sun. [8] YBP 1194 has a slightly higher metallicity than the Sun, and may be slightly younger at an age of 3.5-4.8 billion years. [3] In January 2014, this star was announced to have an exoplanet. [7] [3]
This system is packed in a small cluster, Messier 67, with a radius of 10 light-years, with over 500 other stars. [9] For comparison, the Sun has 9 star systems within 10 light-years and 94 star systems within 20 light-years. [10]
The exoplanet YBP 1194 b was discovered in January 2014 by researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) as one of three new planets discovered in the M67 cluster, showing that open star clusters are more likely to have planets in them than previously thought. [7] [3] The exoplanet is about 100 times more massive than Earth, comparable in mass to Saturn. YBP 1194 b orbits its star with a 7-day period at a distance of 0.07 AU, closer than the planet Mercury is to the Sun. The combination of its large mass and close orbit makes this planet a hot Jupiter. The orbital eccentricity of YPB 1194 b is about 0.3, greater than Pluto's eccentricity of 0.25. [11]
Companion (in order from star) | Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) | Orbital period (days) | Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | ≥0.33±0.03 MJ | 0.0716 | 6.960±0.001 | 0.31±0.08 | — | — |
Messier 67 and sometimes called the King Cobra Cluster or the Golden Eye Cluster is an open cluster in the southern, equatorial half of Cancer. It was discovered by Johann Gottfried Koehler in 1779. Estimates of its age range between 3.2 and 5 billion years. Distance estimates are likewise varied, but typically are 800–900 parsecs (2,600–2,900 ly). Estimates of 855, 840, and 815 pc were established via binary star modelling and infrared color-magnitude diagram fitting.
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HD 141937 is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Libra, positioned a couple of degrees to the north of Lambda Librae. It is a yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 7.25, which means it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. This object is located at a distance of 108.9 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −2.2 km/s. It has an absolute magnitude of 4.71.
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HD 162020 is a star in the southern constellation of Scorpius with a likely red dwarf companion. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 9.10, which is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. The distance to this system is 102 light-years based on stellar parallax. It is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −27 km/s, and is predicted to come to within ~18 light-years in 1.1 million years.
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