Tonatiuh (star)

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Star
Tonatiuh
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Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation giraffe
Right ascension 12 h 05 m 15.12 s
declination + 76 ° 54 ′ 20.6 ″
Apparent brightness 5.78 likes
Typing
Known exoplanets 1
B − V color index +1.01 
U − B color index +0.85 
Spectral class G9 III
Astrometry
Radial velocity (−20.3 ± 0.4) km / s
parallax (10.30 ± 0.25)  mas
distance (316.7 ± 7.7)  Lj
(97.1 ± 2.4)  pc  
Visual absolute brightness M vis +0.84 mag
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (147.68 ± 0.25)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (−91.65 ± 0.19)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Dimensions 1.5  M
radius 10.87 (± 0.36)  R
Effective temperature 6397  K
Metallicity [Fe / H] −0.35
Age 2.95 x 10 9  a
Other names
and catalog entries
Bonn survey BD +77 461
Bright Star Catalog HR 4609 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 104985 [2]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 58952 [3]
SAO catalog SAO 7500 [4]
Tycho catalog TYC 4550-2113-1 [5]Template: Infobox star / maintenance / specification of the TYC catalog
annotation
  1. ↑ Calculated from apparent brightness and distance.

Tonatiuh is a yellow giant 317 light years from Earth with a right ascension of 12h 05m 15s and a declination of + 76 ° 54 ′ 20 ″. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.8 mag. In 2003, Bunei Sato discovered an extrasolar planet orbiting this star. This is called Meztli .

Origin of name

Tonatiuh is named after the Aztec sun god Tonatiuh .

Web links

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)