HIP 5158 is a 10th magnitude K-type main-sequence star located approximately 169 light years away in the constellation Cetus. This star is smaller, cooler, fainter, and less massive than the Sun, but it is more metal rich, having concentration of heavy elements equal to 125% of solar abundance.
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 06m 02.049s[1] |
Declination | –22° 27′ 11.35″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.16[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K5V |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.238[2] |
B−V color index | 1.078±0.001[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 15.28±0.23[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 203.899±0.087[1] mas/yr Dec.: -106.761±0.065[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 19.3500 ± 0.0388 mas[1] |
Distance | 168.6 ± 0.3 ly (51.7 ± 0.1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 7.11[2] |
Details | |
Mass | 0.780 ± 0.021[3] M☉ |
Radius | 0.71 ± 0.12 R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.11[3] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.37 ± 0.20[3] cgs |
Temperature | 4,962±89[3] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.10 ± 0.07[3] dex |
Age | 4.9 ± 3.7[4] Gyr |
Rotation | 1.57☉ (42.3 days)[3] |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data |
In 2009, a gas giant planet was found in orbit around the star. The quadratic drift in the radial velocities did indicate the presence of an additional outer planet in the system,[3] which was confirmed in 2011 as brown dwarf HIP 5158 c.[6]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | ≥1.42 MJ | 0.89 | 345.72 ± 5.37 | 0.52 ± 0.08 | — | — |
c | ≥15.04 MJ | 7.7±1.88 | 9018±3181 | 0.14±0.1 | — | — |