HD 149143, formally named Rosalíadecastro,[3] is a star located in the Ophiuchus constellation that has spectral type of G0 located at a distance of 240 light-years from us. Its apparent magnitude is 7.9 (a binocular object) and the absolute magnitude is 3.9.[2][4]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Ophiuchus |
Right ascension | 16h 32m 51.0508s[1] |
Declination | +02° 05′ 05.3814″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.89[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G0 IV[2] |
B−V color index | 0.680[2] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −9.328±0.115[1] mas/yr Dec.: −86.739±0.069[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 13.6179 ± 0.0666 mas[1] |
Distance | 240 ± 1 ly (73.4 ± 0.4 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.87[2] |
Details[2] | |
Mass | 1.21±0.1 M☉ |
Radius | 1.49±0.1 R☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.071±0.07 cgs |
Temperature | 5884±50 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.26±0.05 dex |
Rotation | 28 days |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 4.0±0.5 km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data |
The planet that orbits it was discovered by the N2K Consortium, during their search for short-period gas giant planets around metal-rich stars.[2] The planet was independently discovered by the Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters.[4]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b (Riosar) | ≥1.33±0.15 MJ | 0.053±0.0029 | 4.07182±0.00001 | 0.0167±0.004 | — | 1.05 RJ |
On December 17, 2019, as part of the IAU's NameExoWorlds project, the star HD 149143 was given the name Rosalíadecastro in honour of the Spanish poet Rosalía de Castro, who was a significant figure of Galician culture and prominent Spanish writer, whose work often referenced the night and celestial objects.[7]
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