HD 240210

HD 240210
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cassiopeia
Right ascension 23h 10m 29.22633s[1]
Declination +57° 01′ 46.0277″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.33[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage giant[2]
Spectral type K3III
B−V color index 1.63
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+8.57±0.05[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 18.492[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 6.883[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.6570 ± 0.0349 mas[1]
Distance1,230 ± 20 ly
(376 ± 5 pc)
Absolute bolometric
magnitude (Mbol)		+0.38[2]
Details
Mass1.25±0.25[2] M☉
Radius25.46+1.16
−0.75[1] R☉
Luminosity152±3[1] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.31±0.11[2] cgs
Temperature4,019+60
−90[1] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.18±0.12[2] dex
Rotation> 654 days[2]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)< 1.0[2] km/s
Age3.0+2.9
−1.5[3] Gyr
Other designations
BD+56°2959, HD 240210, SAO 35195, PPM 41549[4]
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

HD 240210 is a star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It has an orange hue but is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 8.33.[2] Parallax measurements provide an estimate of its distance from the Sun as approximately 1,230 light years. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +8.6 km/s.[1]

This is an aging giant star with a class of K3,[2] which has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 25[1] times the radius of the Sun. It is around three[3] billion years old with 1.3[2] times the Sun's mass. The star is radiating 152 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,019 K.[1] It is spinning slowly, with each rotation taking at least 1.8 years.[2]

On June 10, 2009 a planet orbiting the star was discovered by Niedzielski et al. This exoplanet is a 6.9 or greater Jupiter mass planet. Evidence for additional planetary companions has been found.[5]

The HD 240210 planetary system[2]
Companion
(in order from star) 		Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Orbital period
(days) 		Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥ 6.90 MJ 1.33 501.75±2.33 0.15±0.02 — —

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Niedzielski, A.; et al. (2009). "Substellar-mass Companions to the K-dwarf BD+14 4559 and the K-giants HD 240210 and BD+20 2457". The Astrophysical Journal. 707 (1): 768–777. arXiv:0906.1804. Bibcode:2009ApJ...707..768N. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/768. S2CID 16877069.
  3. ^ a b Adamczyk, M.; et al. (2016). "Masses and luminosities for 342 stars from the PennState-Toruń Centre for Astronomy Planet Search". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 587: A119. arXiv:1510.07495. Bibcode:2016A&A...587A.119A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526628. S2CID 119299522.
  4. ^ "HD 240210". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  5. ^ Adamów, M.; et al. (July 2011). Martin, E.L.; Ge, J.; Lin, W. (eds.). A search for planets around intermediate Mass Stars with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Research, Science and Technology of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets: Proceedings of an International Conference held in Shangai on Occasion of a Total Eclipse of the Sun, Shangai, China. EPJ Web of Conferences. Vol. 16. Bibcode:2011EPJWC..1602005A. doi:10.1051/epjconf/20111602005. 02005.