94 Ceti A / B
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 03h 12m 46.43719s[1]
Declination −01° 11′ 45.9613″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.070[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F8V / M3V / M
U−B color index +0.09[3]
B−V color index +0.56[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+18.96 ± 0.08[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 194.56[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −69.01[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)44.29 ± 0.28 mas[1]
Distance73.6 ± 0.5 ly
(22.6 ± 0.1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.32
Orbit[5]
Primary94 Ceti A
Companion94 Ceti BC
Period (P)2029±41 yr
Semi-major axis (a)220±5 AU
Eccentricity (e)0.26±0.01
Inclination (i)104±2°
Longitude of the node (Ω)97±2°
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		342±7°
Orbit[6]
Primary94 Ceti B
Companion94 Ceti C
Period (P)378.35+0.36
−0.34 d
Semi-major axis (a)0.984±0.007 AU
Eccentricity (e)0.360±0.005
Inclination (i)108.323+0.581
−0.561°
Longitude of the node (Ω)191.496+1.602
−1.562°
Periastron epoch (T)MJD 55113.904±0.220
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		334.895±0.240°
Details
Mass1.30[7] M☉
Radius1.898 ± 0.070[8] R☉
Luminosity4.02 ± 0.05[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.98 ± 0.10[7] cgs
Temperature6,055 ± 10.0[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]1.15 ± 0.07[7] dex
Rotation12.2 d[11]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8.4 ± 0.8[7] km/s
Age4.8[9] Gyr
Other designations
BD-01° 457, FK5 116, GJ 128, HD 19994, HIP 14954, HR 962, LTT 1515, SAO 130355.
Database references
SIMBADdata

94 Ceti (HD 19994) is a trinary star system approximately 73 light-years away in the constellation Cetus.

94 Ceti A is a yellow-white dwarf star with about 1.3 times the mass of the Sun while 94 Ceti B and C are red dwarf stars.

An infrared excess has been detected around the primary, most likely indicating the presence of a circumstellar disk at a radius of 95 AU. The temperature of this dust is 40 K.[12]

Stellar system

This system is a hierarchical triple star system with 94 Ceti A being orbited by 94 Ceti BC, a pair of M dwarfs, in 2000 years. 94 Ceti B and C meanwhile orbit each other in a 1-year orbit.[5]

Planetary system

On 7 August 2000, a planet was announced by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search team as a result of radial velocity measurements taken with the Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope at La Silla Observatory in Chile.[13] It is most stable if its inclination is either 65 or 115, ± 3.[14]

The 94 Ceti planetary system[14]
Companion
(in order from star) 		Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Orbital period
(days) 		Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 1.855 ± 0.045 MJ 1.427 535.7 ± 3.1 0.30 ± 0.04 — —

See also

References

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  2. ^ Høg, E.; et al. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  3. ^ a b Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
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  6. ^ Röll, Tristan Alexander (2011). Astrometric search for extrasolar planets in stellar multiple systems (PhD). Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
  7. ^ a b c d Fuhrmann, K. (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.
  8. ^ van Belle, G. T.; von Brau, K. (2009). "Directly Determined Linear Radii and Effective Temperatures of Exoplanet Host Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 694 (2): 1085–1098. arXiv:0901.1206. Bibcode:2009ApJ...694.1085V. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/1085. S2CID 18370219.
  9. ^ a b Boyajian, Tabetha S.; et al. (July 2013), "Stellar Diameters and Temperatures. III. Main-sequence A, F, G, and K Stars: Additional High-precision Measurements and Empirical Relations", The Astrophysical Journal, 771 (1): 31, arXiv:1306.2974, Bibcode:2013ApJ...771...40B, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/771/1/40, S2CID 14911430, 40. See Table 3.
  10. ^ Kovtyukh, V. V.; Soubiran, C.; Belik, S. I.; Gorlova, N. I. (2003). "High precision effective temperatures for 181 F-K dwarfs from line-depth ratios". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 411 (3): 559–564. arXiv:astro-ph/0308429. Bibcode:2003A&A...411..559K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031378. S2CID 18478960.
  11. ^ Mayor, M.; et al. (2004). "The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XII. Orbital solutions for 16 extra-solar planets discovered with CORALIE". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 415 (1): 391–402. arXiv:astro-ph/0310316. Bibcode:2004A&A...415..391M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034250. S2CID 5233877.
  12. ^ Eiroa, C.; et al. (July 2013). "DUst around NEarby Stars. The survey observational results". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 555: A11. arXiv:1305.0155. Bibcode:2013A&A...555A..11E. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321050. S2CID 377244.
  13. ^ "European Southern Observatory: Six Extrasolar Planets Discovered". SpaceRef.com. 7 August 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  14. ^ a b Plávalová, Eva; Solovaya, Nina A. (2013). "Analysis of the motion of an extrasolar planet in a binary system". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (5): 108. arXiv:1212.3843. Bibcode:2013AJ....146..108P. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/5/108. S2CID 118629538.

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