HIP 57274 is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major with a system of three planets.[2] It is invisible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 8.96.[2] The distance to this system is 84.4 light years based on stellar parallax, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +30 km/s.[1] The star has a relatively high rate of proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.382 arcsecond/year.[6]

HIP 57274
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 11h 44m 40.9643s[1]
Declination +30° 57′ 33.4509″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.96[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K5 V[2]
U−B color index +1.06[3]
B−V color index +1.111±0.016[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+29.76±0.35[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −27.069±0.081[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −381.708±0.079[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)38.6381 ± 0.0499 mas[1]
Distance84.4 ± 0.1 ly
(25.88 ± 0.03 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)6.89[2]
Details[2]
Mass0.73±0.05 M
Radius0.68±0.03 R
Luminosity0.19±0.01 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.71±0.1 cgs
Temperature4,640±100 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.09±0.05 dex
Rotation45 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.5±0.5 km/s
Age7.87±5 Gyr
Other designations
BD+31° 2290, Gaia DR2 4021079911593673600, GJ 439, HIP 57274, SAO 62684, LTT 13227, 2MASS J11444095+3057339[5]
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

This is an ordinary K-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of K5V.[2] It appears to be older than the Sun with an age of roughly eight billion years and is spinning slowly with a projected rotational velocity of under 1 km/s. The star has 73% of the mass of the Sun and 68% of the Sun's radius. The abundance of elements heavier than helium is about the same or slightly higher than in the Sun. The star is radiating just 19% of the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,640 K.

Planetary system

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The three exoplanets orbiting HIP 57274 were discovered by the radial velocity method in 2011, all of them having mass significantly greater than the Earth.[2] A 2014 search for planetary transits was unsuccessful.[7] The planetary orbits are possibly highly variable, being strongly affected by mean motion resonances.[8] The most stable region for a hypothetical super-earth within the star's habitable zone would be an orbit inside 0.37–0.56 AU from the host star.[8]

The HIP 57274 planetary system[2][8]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥11.6±1.3 M🜨 0.0713±0.00163 8.1352±0.004 0.187±0.10
c ≥0.41±0.01 MJ 0.1778±0.0041 32.03±0.02 0.05±0.02
d ≥0.53±0.03 MJ 1.007±0.027 431.7±8.5 0.27±0.05

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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 Fischer, Debra A.; et al. (2012). "M2K. II. A Triple-planet System Orbiting HIP 57274". The Astrophysical Journal. 745 (1). 21. arXiv:1109.2926. Bibcode:2012ApJ...745...21F. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/745/1/21.
  3. ^ Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "BD+31 2290". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ^ Lépine, Sébastien; Shara, Michael M. (March 2005). "A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)". The Astronomical Journal. 129 (3): 1483–1522. arXiv:astro-ph/0412070. Bibcode:2005AJ....129.1483L. doi:10.1086/427854. S2CID 2603568.
  7. ^ Kammer, J. A.; et al. (February 2014). "A Spitzer Search for Transits of Radial Velocity Detected Super-Earths". The Astrophysical Journal. 781 (2): 6. arXiv:1310.7952. Bibcode:2014ApJ...781..103K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/781/2/103. S2CID 37557541. 103.
  8. ^ a b c Elser, S.; et al. (2013), "Super Earths and Dynamical Stability of Planetary Systems: First Parallel GPU Simulations Using GENGA", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433 (3): 2194–2205, arXiv:1305.4070, Bibcode:2013MNRAS.433.2194E, doi:10.1093/mnras/stt883