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HD 130948

HD 130948 or HP Boötis is a variable star with 2 brown dwarfs in the constellation Boötes. With an apparent magnitude of 6.0, it is faintly visible to the naked eye under very good observing conditions. It has a stellar classification of G1V, which means it is a main sequence star with a mass and surface temperature that are similar to the Sun.

The estimated age of HD 130948 is similar to the Sun at 4.7 billion years (Gyr) old, but it has a lower proportion of elements (63%) other than hydrogen or helium. However, a separate study in 2009 gave a much younger age of 0.5±0.3 Gyr and a higher metallicity that is very similar to the Sun.[12] Evolutionary models suggest that it is just reaching the end of its main sequence life.[3]

Eric J. Gaidos et al. observed the star in 1998 and 1999, and discovered that it is a variable star.[13] It was given its variable star designation, HP Boötis, in 2006.[7]

In 2002, a pair of co-orbiting brown dwarfs were discovered in orbit around this star. They were found using an adaptive optics instrument on the Gemini North 8m telescope in Hawaii.[14] The pair have a 10-year orbital period about the primary star, and their combined mass is 10.9% of the Sun's mass.[12]

The space velocity components of this star through the Milky Way galaxy are (U, V, W) = (−14.0, 14.7, −0.1).[9]

References

  1. ^ Gaidos, E. J.; Henry, G. W.; Henry, S. M. (August 2000). "Spectroscopy and Photometry of Nearby Young Solar Analogs". The Astronomical Journal. 120 (2): 1006–1013. Bibcode:2000AJ....120.1006G. doi:10.1086/301488. S2CID 16930014.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  4. ^ a b van Leeuwen, F. (November 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. S2CID 18759600.
  5. ^ Gray, R. O.; Napier, M. G.; Winkler, L. I. (2001). "The Physical Basis of Luminosity Classification in the Late A-, F-, and Early G-Type Stars. I. Precise Spectral Types for 372 Stars". The Astronomical Journal. 121 (4): 2148. Bibcode:2001AJ....121.2148G. doi:10.1086/319956.
  6. ^ a b "V* HP Boo -- Variable of BY Dra type". SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  7. ^ a b Kazarovets, E. V.; Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (August 2006). "The 78th Name-List of Variable Stars" (PDF). Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 5721: 1–45. Bibcode:2006IBVS.5721....1K. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  8. ^ Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966). "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities". In Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick (eds.). Determination of Radial Velocities and their Applications, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 30. University of Toronto: International Astronomical Union. Bibcode:1967IAUS...30...57E.
  9. ^ a b c d e Chen, Y. Q.; Nissen, P. E.; Zhao, G.; Zhang, H. W.; Benoni, T. (February 2000). "Chemical composition of 90 F and G disk dwarfs". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 141 (3): 491–506. arXiv:astro-ph/9912342. Bibcode:2000A&AS..141..491C. doi:10.1051/aas:2000124. S2CID 16273589.
  10. ^ a b Bowler, Brendan P.; Tran, Quang H.; Zhang, Zhoujian; Morgan, Marvin; Ashok, Katelyn B.; Blunt, Sarah; Bryan, Marta L.; Evans, Analis E.; Franson, Kyle; Huber, Daniel; Nagpal, Vighnesh; Wu, Ya-Lin; Zhou, Yifan (2023). "Rotation Periods, Inclinations, and Obliquities of Cool Stars Hosting Directly Imaged Substellar Companions: Spin-Orbit Misalignments Are Common". The Astronomical Journal. 165 (4): 164. arXiv:2301.04692. Bibcode:2023AJ....165..164B. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/acbd34.
  11. ^ Holmberg, J.; Nordstrom, B.; Andersen, J. (July 2009). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 501 (3): 941–947. arXiv:0811.3982. Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191. S2CID 118577511.
  12. ^ a b c Dupuy, Trent J.; Liu, Michael C.; Ireland, Michael J. (February 2009). "Dynamical Mass of the Substellar Benchmark Binary HD 130948BC". The Astrophysical Journal. 692 (1): 729–752. arXiv:0807.2450. Bibcode:2009ApJ...692..729D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/692/1/729. S2CID 119237470.
  13. ^ Gaidos, E. J.; Henry, G. W.; Henry, S. M. (August 2000). "Spectroscopy and Photometry of Nearby Young Solar Analogs". The Astronomical Journal. 120 (2): 1006–1013. Bibcode:2000AJ....120.1006G. doi:10.1086/301488.
  14. ^ Potter, Daniel; Martín, Eduardo L.; Cushing, Michael C.; Baudoz, Pierre; Brandner, Wolfgang; Guyon, Olivier; Neuhäuser, Ralph (March 2002). "Hokupa'a-Gemini Discovery of Two Ultracool Companions to the Young Star HD 130948". The Astrophysical Journal. 567 (2): L133 – L136. arXiv:astro-ph/0201431. Bibcode:2002ApJ...567L.133P. doi:10.1086/339999. S2CID 16249194.