10 Arietis
10 Arietis is a binary star[6] system in the northern constellation of Aries. 10 Arietis is the Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-white hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.63.[2] Based upon parallax measurements, it is located around 159 light years away from the Sun. The system is receding from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +12.9 km/s.[3]
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 02h 03m 39.34547s[1] |
Declination | +25° 56′ 07.7129″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.63[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F8 IV + F9 V[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +12.9[3] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +128.01[1] mas/yr Dec.: +11.19[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 20.53 ± 0.67[1] mas |
Distance | 159 ± 5 ly (49 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.21[3] |
Orbit[4] | |
Period (P) | 325 yr |
Semi-major axis (a) | 1.39″ |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.59 |
Inclination (i) | 51° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 20.5° |
Periastron epoch (T) | B1931.6 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 165° |
Details | |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | –0.10[3] dex |
Age | 1.9[3] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
The pair orbit each other with a period of approximately 325 years and an eccentricity of 0.59. The semimajor axis of the orbit has an angular size of 1.39″.[4] The magnitude 5.92[6] primary, designated component A, is an aging F-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of F8 IV.[2] The secondary star, component B, is a magnitude 7.95[6] F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F9 V.[2] There is a magnitude 13.5 visual companion, designated component C, at an angular separation of 95.30″ along a position angle of 150°, as of 2001.[7]
References
- 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.
- Edwards, T. W. (April 1976), "MK classification for visual binary components", Astronomical Journal, 81: 245–249, Bibcode:1976AJ.....81..245E, doi:10.1086/111879.
- Holmberg, J.; Nordström, 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.
- Heintz, W. D. (August 1996), "Observations of Double Stars and New Pairs. XVII", Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 105: 475, Bibcode:1996ApJS..105..475H, doi:10.1086/192324
- "10 Ari". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.
- Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920, retrieved 2015-07-22