HD 74156
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Right ascension | 08h 42m 25.122s[1] |
| Declination | +04° 34′ 41.15″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +7.614[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G0V |
| U−B color index | ? |
| B−V color index | 0.581[2] |
| V−R color index | 0.4 |
| R−I color index | 0.2 |
| Variable type | “None” |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +3.7 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 24.83 ± 0.64[1] mas/yr Dec.: –200.90 ± 0.46[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 15.52 ± 0.54[1] mas |
| Distance | 210 ± 7 ly (64 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +3.57 ± 0.15 |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.24[2] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.64 ± 0.19[2] R☉ |
| Luminosity (bolometric) | 3.037 ± 0.485[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.4 ± 0.15[2] cgs |
| Temperature | 5960 ± 100[2] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.13[2] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 4.3[2] km/s |
| Age | 3.7 ± 0.4[2] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HD 74156 is a yellow dwarf star (spectral type G0V) in the constellation of Hydra, 210 light years from the Solar System.[1] It is known to be orbited by two giant planets.
Star
This star is 24% more massive and 64% larger than our Sun. The total luminosity is 2.96 times that of our Sun and its temperature 5960 K.[2] The age of the star is estimated at approximately 3.7 billion years,[2] with metallicity 1.35 times that of the Sun based on its abundance of iron.
Planetary system
In April 2001, two giant planets were announced orbiting the star.[3][4] The first planet HD 74156 b orbits the star at a distance closer than Mercury is to our Sun, in an extremely eccentric orbit. The second planet HD 74156 c is a long-period, massive planet (at least 8 times the mass of Jupiter), which orbits the star in an elliptical orbit with a semimajor axis of 3.90 astronomical units.[2]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | >1.78 ± 0.04 MJ | 0.29169 ± 0.00001 | 51.638 ± 0.004 | 0.63 ± 0.01 | — | — |
| c | >8.2 ± 0.2 MJ | 3.90 ± 0.02 | 2520 ± 15 | 0.38 ± 0.02 | — | — |
Claims of a third planet
Given the two-planet configuration of the system under the assumption that the orbits are coplanar and have masses equal to their minimum masses, an additional Saturn-mass planet would be stable in a region between 0.9 and 1.4 AU between the orbits of the two known planets.[5] Under the "packed planetary systems" hypothesis, which predicts that planetary systems form in such a way that the system could not support additional planets between the orbits of the existing ones, the gap would be expected to host a planet.
In September 2007, a third planet with a mass at least 0.396 Jupiter masses was announced to be orbiting between planets b and c with an eccentric orbit.[6] The planet, orbiting in a region of the planetary system previously known to be stable for additional planets, was seen as a confirmation of the "packed planetary systems" hypothesis.[7] However, Roman V. Baluev has cast doubt on this discovery, suggesting that the observed variations may be due to annual errors in the data.[8] A subsequent search using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope also failed to confirm the planet,[9] and further data obtained using HIRES instrument strongly contradicts its existence.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752
. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.Vizier catalog entry - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Meschiari, Stefano; et al. (2011). "The Lick-Carnegie Survey: Four New Exoplanet Candidates". The Astrophysical Journal. 727 (2). 117. arXiv:1011.4068. Bibcode:2011ApJ...727..117M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/727/2/117.
- ↑ "Exoplanets: The Hunt Continues!" (Press release). Garching, Germany: European Southern Observatory. April 4, 2001. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ↑ Naef, D.; et al. (2004). "The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets III. Three planetary candidates detected with ELODIE". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 414 (1): 351–359. arXiv:astro-ph/0310261. Bibcode:2004A&A...414..351N. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034091.
- ↑ Sean N. Raymond; Rory Barnes (2005). "Predicting Planets in Known Extrasolar Planetary Systems. II. Testing for Saturn Mass Planets". The Astrophysical Journal. 619 (1): 549–557. arXiv:astro-ph/0404211. Bibcode:2005ApJ...619..549R. doi:10.1086/426311.
- ↑ Jacob L. Bean; et al. (2008). "Detection of a Third Planet in the HD 74156 System Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope". The Astrophysical Journal. 672 (2): 1202–1208. arXiv:0709.1656. Bibcode:2008ApJ...672.1202B. doi:10.1086/523701.
- ↑ Barnes, Rory; et al. (2008). "The Successful Prediction of the Extrasolar Planet HD 74156 d". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 680 (1): L57–L60. arXiv:0804.4496. Bibcode:2008ApJ...680L..57B. doi:10.1086/589712.
- ↑ Baluev, Roman V. (2008). "Accounting for velocity jitters in planet search surveys". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 393 (3): 969–978. arXiv:0712.3862. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.393..969B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14217.x.
- ↑ Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Endl, Michael; Cochran, William D.; Levison, Harold F.; Henry, Gregory W. (2009). "A Search for Multi-Planet Systems Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 182 (1): 97–119. arXiv:0903.0652. Bibcode:2009ApJS..182...97W. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/182/1/97.
External links
- "Notes for star HD 74156". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.
- Extrasolar Planet Interactions by Rory Barnes & Richard Greenberg, Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona
Coordinates: 
08h 42m 25.1222s, +04° 34′ 41.151″