Gliese 86 (13 G. Eridani, HD 13445) is a K-type main-sequence star approximately 35 light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus. It has been confirmed that a white dwarf orbits the primary star. In 1998 the European Southern Observatory announced that an extrasolar planet was orbiting the star.[12]

Gliese 86
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Eridanus
Gliese 86 A
Right ascension 02h 10m 25.9191s[1]
Declination −50° 49′ 25.4672″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.17[2]
Gliese 86 B
Right ascension 02h 10m 26s
Declination −50° 49′ 25″
Characteristics
Spectral type K1V[3] + DQ6[4][5]
U−B color index 0.45
B−V color index 0.812[6]
V−R color index 0.45
R−I color index 0.40
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)56.7[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 2,124.853±0.075[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 638.092±0.063[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)92.7042 ± 0.0454 mas[1]
Distance35.18 ± 0.02 ly
(10.787 ± 0.005 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.95[8]
Orbit[4]
PrimaryGliese 86 A
CompanionGliese 86 B
Period (P)≈100 yr
Semi-major axis (a)23.7 au
Eccentricity (e)0.429
Inclination (i)126.44°
Longitude of the node (Ω)234.2°
Details[9]
Gliese 86 A
Mass0.83±0.05 M
Radius0.79±0.03 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.56±0.10 cgs
Temperature5180±80 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.27±0.07 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.0±1.0 km/s
Age10±1 Gyr
Gliese 86 B
Mass0.5425[4] M
Temperature8180±120[5] K
Other designations
Gliese 86A: CD−51°532, HD 13445, HIP 10138, HR 637, SAO 232658, WDS J02104-5049A[10]
Gliese 86B: GJ 86 B, HD 13445B, WDS J02104-5049B, WD 0208-510[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
ARICNSdata

Stellar components

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The primary companion (Gliese 86 A) is a K-type main-sequence star of spectral type K1V. The characteristics in comparison to the Sun are 83% the mass, 79% the radius, and 50% the luminosity. The star has a close-orbiting massive Jovian planet.

Gliese 86 B is a white dwarf located around 21 AU from the primary star, making the Gliese 86 system one of the tightest binaries known to host an extrasolar planet.[13] It was discovered in 2001 and initially suspected to be a brown dwarf,[14] but high contrast observations in 2005 suggested that the object is probably a white dwarf, as its spectrum does not exhibit molecular absorption features which are typical of brown dwarfs.[15] Assuming the white dwarf has a mass about half that of the Sun and that the linear trend observed in radial velocity measurements is due to Gliese 86 B, a plausible orbit for this star around Gliese 86 A has a semimajor axis of 18.42 AU and an eccentricity of 0.3974.[16] When both stars were on the main sequence, the separation between the two stars was closer, at around 9 AU.[4] More precise measurements for the white dwarf give it a mass of 55% the mass of the Sun[4] and a temperature of around 8200 K.[9]

Planetary system

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The preliminary astrometric measurements made with the Hipparcos space probe suggest the planet has an orbital inclination of 164.0° and a mass 15 times Jupiter, which would make the object a brown dwarf.[17] However, further analysis suggests the Hipparcos measurements are not precise enough to reliably determine astrometric orbits of substellar companions, thus the orbital inclination and true mass of the candidate planet remain unknown.[18] It was discovered by the Swiss 1.2 m Leonhard Euler Telescope operated by the Geneva Observatory.[19] Such an object was formed from a protoplanetary disk that was truncated at 2 AU from the parent star.[4]

The radial velocity measurements of Gliese 86 show a linear trend once the motion due to this planet are taken out. This may be associated with the orbital motion of the white dwarf companion.

The Gliese 86 planetary system[20]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥6.588±0.018 MJ 0.114340±0.000001 15.76480±0.00004 0.048±0.002

See also

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References

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