10 Tauri
Chart showing the position of the stars in the constellation Taurus
Location of 10 Tauri (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension 03h 36m 52.38s[1]
Declination +00° 24′ 06.0″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.29[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F8 V[3]
U−B color index +0.08[2]
B−V color index +0.58[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+27.8±0.5[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −232.60±0.59[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −481.92±0.54[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)71.62 ± 0.54 mas[1]
Distance45.5 ± 0.3 ly
(14.0 ± 0.1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+3.60[5]
Details[6]
Mass1.139±0.016 M☉
Radius1.622±0.024 R☉
Luminosity3.042±0.042 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.07±0.05[7] cgs
Temperature5,997±44 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.12±0.07[8] dex
Rotation17.6 days[9]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.4[5] km/s
Age5.7±0.4 Gyr
Other designations
10 Tau, BD−00° 572, FK5 1101, GJ 147, HD 22484, HIP 16852, HR 1101, SAO 111292, LHS 1569, LTT 11194
Database references
SIMBADdata

10 Tauri is a single[10] star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It can be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.29.[2] An annual parallax shift of 71.62[1] mas provides a distance estimate of 45.5 light years. It is moving further from the Sun with a radial velocity of +28 km/s[4] and has a relatively high proper motion.[2]

The star has a stellar classification of F8 V,[3] indicating that it is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through hydrogen fusion in its core region. It is around 5.7[6] billion years old with a rotation period of 17.6 days.[9] The star has 1.14 times the mass of the Sun and 1.6 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating three times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 5,997 K.[6]

A debris disk has been identified orbiting 10 Tauri, based on excess infrared radiation detected by IRAS/ISO.[11]

10 Tauri was the brightest star in the obsolete constellation Psalterium Georgii (Harpa Georgii).[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f van Leeuwen, F. (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. S2CID 18759600. Vizier catalog entry
  2. ^ a b c d e Cowley, A. P.; et al. (December 1967), "Spectral classification and photometry of high proper motion stars", Astronomical Journal, 72: 1334−1340, Bibcode:1967AJ.....72.1334C, doi:10.1086/110413.
  3. ^ a b Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey, 5, Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
  4. ^ a b Nordström, B.; et al. (May 2014), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ~14000 F and G dwarfs", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 418: 989–1019, arXiv:astro-ph/0405198, Bibcode:2004A&A...418..989N, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035959, S2CID 11027621.
  5. ^ a b Pizzolato, N.; Maggio, A.; Sciortino, S. (September 2000), "Evolution of X-ray activity of 1-3 Msun late-type stars in early post-main-sequence phases", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 361: 614–628, Bibcode:2000A&A...361..614P
  6. ^ a b c Boyajian, Tabetha S.; et al. (February 2012), "Stellar Diameters and Temperatures. I. Main-sequence A, F, and G Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 746 (1): 101, arXiv:1112.3316, Bibcode:2012ApJ...746..101B, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/101, S2CID 18993744. See Table 10.
  7. ^ Sitnova, T.; et al. (August 2015), "Systematic Non-LTE Study of the -2.6 < [Fe/H] < 0.2 F and G dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood. I. Stellar Atmosphere Parameters", The Astrophysical Journal, 808 (2): 17, arXiv:1506.01621, Bibcode:2015ApJ...808..148S, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/148, S2CID 116913846, 148.
  8. ^ Fuhrmann, Klaus (February 2008), "Nearby stars of the Galactic disc and halo - IV", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 384 (1): 173–224, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.384..173F, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12671.x
  9. ^ a b Maldonado, J.; et al. (October 2010), "A spectroscopy study of nearby late-type stars, possible members of stellar kinematic groups", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 521: A12, arXiv:1007.1132, Bibcode:2010A&A...521A..12M, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014948, S2CID 119209183
  10. ^ Rodriguez, David R.; et al. (May 2015), "Stellar multiplicity and debris discs: an unbiased sample", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449 (3): 3160–3170, arXiv:1503.01320, Bibcode:2015MNRAS.449.3160R, doi:10.1093/mnras/stv483.
  11. ^ J.S. Greaves; D.A. Fischer; M.C. Wyatt (2006). "Metallicity, Debris Discs and Planets" (PDF). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 366 (1): 283–286. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.366..283G. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09848.x.
  12. ^ Ian Ridpath's Star Tales - Psalterium Georgii

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