Rho Indi

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Star
ρ indi
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Observation
dates equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Indus
Right ascension 22 h 54 m 39.48 s
declination -70 ° 04 ′ 25.4 ″
Apparent brightness 6.04 mag
Typing
Known exoplanets 1
B − V color index +0.66 
U − B color index +0.24 
Spectral class G4 IV-V
Astrometry
Radial velocity (−2.3 ± 0.3) km / s
parallax (37.39 ± 0.36)  mas
distance (87.23 ± 0.84)  ly
(26.75 ± 0.26)  pc  
Visual absolute brightness M vis +3.90 likes
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (−43.89 ± 0.26)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (73.04 ± 0.24)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Bayer name ρ Indi
Bright Star Catalog HR 8701 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 216437 [2]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 113137 [3]
SAO catalog SAO 258084 [4]
Tycho catalog TYC 9340-1818-1 [5]Template: Infobox star / maintenance / specification of the TYC catalog
Other names FK5 865 • IRAS 22512-7020
annotation
  1. ↑ Calculated from apparent brightness and distance.

Rho Indi ( ρ Indi , short ρ Ind ) is a star that is about 86  light years away from Earth and which is orbited by an exoplanet . The star has the apparent magnitude of 6.06 mag, 1.07 times the solar mass, 1.64 times the solar radius and is of the spectral type G4 IV-V.

Rho Indi b

The exoplanet orbiting the star with the systematic name Rho Indi b orbits the main star in about 1300 days and has a minimum mass of about 2 Jupiter's masses. The exoplanet was discovered in 2002 using the radial velocity method.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hipparcos catalog (ESA 1997)
  2. ↑ a b Bright Star Catalog
  3. ↑ Pulkovo radial velocities for 35493 HIP stars
  4. ↑ a b c Hipparcos, the New Reduction (van Leeuwen, 2007)

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