Astronomy:K2-371

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Short description: Star in the constellation Cancer


K2-371
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension  08h 32m 16.1124s[1]
Declination +11° 37′ 50.5893″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.64±0.06[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3 V[3]
B−V color index +1.00[2]
R−I color index +0.28[2]
Variable type Planetary transit[4]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −9.507[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −2.164[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.235 ± 0.0232[1] mas
Distance1,460 ± 20 ly
(447 ± 5 pc)
Details
Mass0.96+0.44−0.30[5] M
Radius0.72+0.09−0.01[3] R
Luminosity0.304[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.68±0.15[5] cgs
Temperature4952±122[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.11±0.23[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.2[7] km/s
Other designations
EPIC 211399359, Gaia EDR3 602466302541172736, K2-371
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
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K2-371 (EPIC 211399359) is a star in the equatorial zodiac constellation Cancer. It has an apparent magnitude of 14.64, requiring a powerful telescope to be seen. Parallax measurements place the object at a distance of 1,460 light years.

K2-371 has a stellar classification of K3 V,[3] indicating that it is an ordinary K-type main-sequence star. It has 96% the mass of the Sun[5] and 72% the radius of the Sun.[5] It shines with a luminosity 30.4% that of the Sun[6] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,952 K,[6] giving an orange hue. Unlike most planetary hosts, K2-371 is slightly metal deficent with a poorly constrained iron abundance 77% that of the Sun,[5] and spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 3.2 km/s.[7]

Planetary System

In 2016, K2-371 was selected as a target for exoplanets. A group of astronomers happened to find a hot Jupiter orbiting the star with a period of 3.115 days.[8] Unlike most transiting planets, K2-371b's orbital eccentricity and inclination is unknown.[5]

The K2-371 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b (unconfirmed) 0.08518[5] 3.115[8] 1.16±0.08[5] RJ

Reference

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brown, A. G. A. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. Bibcode2021A&A...649A...1G.  Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Zacharias, N.; Finch, C. T.; Girard, T. M.; Henden, A.; Bartlett, J. L.; Monet, D. G.; Zacharias, M. I. (14 January 2013). "The Fourth US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC4)". The Astronomical Journal 145 (2): 44. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/2/44. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2013AJ....145...44Z. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dressing, Courtney D.; Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin; Schlieder, Joshua E.; Newton, Elisabeth R.; Vanderburg, Andrew; Feinstein, Adina D.; Duvvuri, Girish M.; Arnold, Lauren et al. (30 July 2019). "Characterizing K2 Candidate Planetary Systems Orbiting Low-mass Stars. IV. Updated Properties for 86 Cool Dwarfs Observed during Campaigns 1–17". The Astronomical Journal 158 (2): 87. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab2895. PMID 35095106. Bibcode2019AJ....158...87D. 
  4. Barros, S. C. C.; Demangeon, O.; Deleuil, M. (October 2016). "New planetary and eclipsing binary candidates from campaigns 1−6 of the K2 mission". Astronomy & Astrophysics 594: A100. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628902. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2016A&A...594A.100B. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Christiansen, Jessie L. et al. (9 May 2022). "Scaling K2. V. Statistical Validation of 60 New Exoplanets From K2 Campaigns 2–18". The Astronomical Journal 163 (6): 244. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac5c4c. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2022AJ....163..254C. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Stassun, Keivan G. et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2019AJ....158..138S. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Petigura, Erik A.; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Isaacson, Howard; Beichman, Charles A.; Christiansen, Jessie L.; Dressing, Courtney D.; Fulton, Benjamin J.; Howard, Andrew W. et al. (14 December 2017). "Planet Candidates from K2 Campaigns 5–8 and Follow-up Optical Spectroscopy". The Astronomical Journal 155 (1): 21. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa9b83. Bibcode2018AJ....155...21P. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Pope, Benjamin J. S.; Parviainen, Hannu; Aigrain, Suzanne (8 June 2016). "Transiting exoplanet candidates fromK2Campaigns 5 and 6". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 461 (4): 3399–3409. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1373. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2016MNRAS.461.3399P.