HR_858

HR 858

HR 858

Star in the constellation Fornax

HR 858 is a star with a planetary system located 104[1] light years from the Sun in the southern constellation of Fornax. It has a yellow-white hue and is visible to the naked eye, but it is a challenge to see with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.4.[2] The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 10 km/s.[1] It has an absolute magnitude of +3.82.[5]

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000.00 Equinox J2000.00, Constellation ...

This object is a slightly-evolved F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F6V,[3] which indicates it is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. It is roughly two[6] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 8.3 km/s. The star has 1.1 times the mass of the Sun and 1.3 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 2.3 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,201 K.[4]

A faint co-moving stellar companion, designated component B, at an angular separation of 8.4″. This corresponds to a projected separation of 270 AU. It is most likely a red dwarf star.[4]

Planetary system

In May 2019, it was announced to have at least 3 exoplanets as observed by the transit method of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. All three are orbiting close to the host star and appear to be super-Earths, about twice the size of the Earth. Components 'b' and 'c' may be in a 3:5 mean motion resonance.[4]

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References

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    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.
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    Høg, E.; et al. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. doi:10.1888/0333750888/2862.
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    Gray, R. O.; et al. (July 2006). "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: spectroscopy of stars earlier than M0 within 40 pc-The Southern Sample". The Astronomical Journal. 132 (1): 161–170. arXiv:astro-ph/0603770. Bibcode:2006AJ....132..161G. doi:10.1086/504637. S2CID 119476992.
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    Vanderburg, Andrew; et al. (2019). "TESS Spots a Compact System of Super-Earths around the Naked-Eye Star HR 858". The Astrophysical Journal. 881 (1): L19. arXiv:1905.05193. Bibcode:2019ApJ...881L..19V. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab322d. S2CID 153311715.
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    Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644.
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