TX Leonis

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TX Leonis
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A light curve for TX Leonis, plotted from TESS data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 10h 35m 02.15893s [2]
Declination +08° 39′ 01.5434″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.66 - 5.75 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A2V [4]
B−V color index 0.059 [5]
Variable type Algol/detached [3] [6]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: −52.68±0.73 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −4.23±0.46 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.61 ± 0.67  mas [2]
Distance 430 ± 40  ly
(130 ± 10  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)0.458 [5]
Orbit
Period (P)2.4450566  d [7]
Eccentricity (e)0.060±0.010 [8]
Inclination (i)66.8 [7] °
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		295.9±9 [7] °
Argument of periastron (ω)
(primary)		 [8] °
Details
TX Leonis Aa
Mass 2.75±0.12 [9]   M☉
Radius 3.49±0.16 [9]   R☉
Luminosity 73 [10]   L☉
Temperature 8,616 [11]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)15 [12]  km/s
TX Leonis Ab
Mass 1.05±0.05 [9]   M☉
Radius 2.10±0.09 [9]   R☉
Luminosity6.0 [10]   L☉
Temperature 6,266 [10]   K
Age 850 [13]   Myr
B
Mass 1.75 [14]   M☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.24 [11]   cgs
Temperature 6,338 [11]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.24 [11]   dex
Other designations
49 Leonis, BD+09 2374, HD  91636, HIP  51802, HR  4148, SAO  118380 [15]
Database references
SIMBAD data

TX Leonis, also known by its Flamsteed designation 49 Leonis, is a triple star system that includes an eclipsing binary, located in the constellation Leo. It was discovered to be a variable star, showing eclipses, by Ernst-Joachim Meyer in 1933. [16] The apparent magnitude of TX Leonis ranges between 5.66 and 5.75, making it faintly visible to the naked eye for an observer located well outside of urban areas. [3] The star's brightness drops by 0.09 and 0.03 magnitudes during the primary and secondary eclipses respectively, and neither the primary nor the secondary eclipse is total. [6]

TX Leonis is a triple star, consisting of magnitude 8.1 star (component B) separated by 2 arc seconds from the brighter eclipsing pair (components Aa and Ab). [17] [18] Although orbital motion has not been detected, the companion shares a common proper motion with the primary star and is at approximately the same distance. [14]

Both stars comprising the eclipsing binary are main sequence stars. Of those two stars, star Aa has been assumed to be 8 times more luminous than star Ab, [7] although newer estimates give the luminosities as 83  L☉ and 6 L☉ respectively. [10]

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