Star in the constellation Pisces
HD 4203 is a single star in the equatorial constellation of Pisces , near the northern constellation border with Andromeda . It has a yellow hue and is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 8.70.[ 2] The distance to this object is 266 light years based on parallax ,[ 1] but it is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −14 km/s.[ 2]
This object is an ordinary G-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of G5V. It is photometrically -stable star with an inactive chromosphere , and has a much higher than normal metallicity .[ 3] The star is roughly 6.3 billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 5.6 km/s.[ 5] It has 12% more mass than the Sun and a 35% greater radius . HD 4203 is radiating 1.68 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,666 K.[ 4]
Planetary system
Radial velocity observations of this star during 2000–2001 found a variability that suggesting an orbited sub-stellar companion, designated component 'b'.[ 3] Additional observations led to a refined orbital period of 432 days with a relatively high eccentricity of 0.52 for a gas giant companion.[ 7] The presence of a second companion was deduced from residuals in the data, then confirmed in 2014. However, the orbital elements for this companion, component 'c', are poorly constrained.[ 8]
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Notes
^ a b c d e f 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 .
^ a b c d e f g 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 .
^ a b c Vogt, Steven S.; et al. (2002). "Ten Low-Mass Companions from the Keck Precision Velocity Survey". The Astrophysical Journal . 568 (1): 352– 362. arXiv :astro-ph/0110378 . Bibcode :2002ApJ...568..352V . doi :10.1086/338768 . S2CID 2272917 .
^ a b Bonfanti, A.; et al. (2015). "Revising the ages of planet-hosting stars" . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 575 . A18. arXiv :1411.4302 . Bibcode :2015A&A...575A..18B . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201424951 . S2CID 54555839 .
^ a b Luck, R. Earle (January 2017). "Abundances in the Local Region II: F, G, and K Dwarfs and Subgiants" . The Astronomical Journal . 153 (1): 19. arXiv :1611.02897 . Bibcode :2017AJ....153...21L . doi :10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/21 . S2CID 119511744 . 21.
^ "HD 4203" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 4 November 2019 .
^ a b Butler, R. P.; et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal . 646 (1): 505– 522. arXiv :astro-ph/0607493 . Bibcode :2006ApJ...646..505B . doi :10.1086/504701 . S2CID 119067572 .
^ Kane, Stephen R.; et al. (April 2014). "Limits on Stellar Companions to Exoplanet Host Stars with Eccentric Planets". The Astrophysical Journal . 785 (2): 10. arXiv :1401.1544 . Bibcode :2014ApJ...785...93K . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/93 . S2CID 2053475 . 93.
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