HD 73526 is a star in the southern constellation of Vela. With an apparent visual magnitude of +8.99,[2] it is much too faint to be viewed with the naked eye. The star is located at a distance of approximately 318 light years from the Sun based on parallax,[1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +26 km/s.[4] It is a member of the thin disk population.[4]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Vela |
| Right ascension | 08h 37m 16.4835s[1] |
| Declination | −41° 19′ 08.7873″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +8.99[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | Main sequence[3] |
| Spectral type | G6 V[3] |
| B−V color index | 0.737±0.005[2] |
| Variable type | Constant[3] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +26.31±0.10[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −61.097[1] mas/yr Dec.: 158.982[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 10.2551 ± 0.0339 mas[1] |
| Distance | 318 ± 1 ly (97.5 ± 0.3 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +4.1±0.2[5] |
| Absolute bolometric magnitude (Mbol) | +3.7±0.2[5] |
| Details[4] | |
| Mass | 1.01±0.04 1.14±0.15[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.53±0.03[6] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 2.14+0.68 −0.52 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.13±0.06 cgs |
| Temperature | 5,564±16 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.23±0.02 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.69±0.26 km/s |
| Age | 9.59±1.00 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
The stellar classification of HD 73526 is G6 V,[3] indicating this is a G-type main-sequence star that, like the Sun, it is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. Based on its properties, it may be starting to evolve off the main sequence.[3] This star has slightly more mass than the Sun and a 53% greater radius. The abundance of iron in its atmosphere suggests the star's metallicity – what astronomers term the abundance of elements with higher atomic number than helium – is 70% greater than in the Sun. It is a much older star with an estimated age of nearly ten billion years, and is spinning slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 1.7 km/s. The star is radiating more than double the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,564 K.[4]
On June 13 2002,[8] a 2.1 MJ planet HD 73526 b was announced orbiting HD 73526 in an orbit just a little smaller than that of Venus' orbit around the Sun.[5] This planet receives insolation 3.65 times that of Earth or 1.89 times that of Venus. This was a single planet system until 2006 when a 2.3 MJ second planet HD 73526 c was discovered. This planet forms a 2:1 orbital resonance with planet b.[3] Although these are minimum masses as the inclinations of these planets are unknown, orbital stability analysis indicated that orbital inclinations of both planets are likely to be near 90°, making the minimum masses very close to the true masses of the planets.[9]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | >2.07 ± 0.16 MJ | 0.66 ± 0.05 | 187.5 ± 0.3 | 0.39 ± 0.05 | — | — |
| c | >2.30 ± 0.17 MJ | 1.05 ± 0.08 | 376.9 ± 0.9 | 0.40 ± 0.05 | — | — |
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