ρ Coronae Borealis
Location of ρ Coronae Borealis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Corona Borealis
Right ascension 16h 01m 02.66049s[1]
Declination +33° 18′ 12.6395″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.39[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G0V[3]
B−V color index 0.61[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)17.88±0.12[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −198.278(43) mas/yr[1]
Dec.: −772.245(53) mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)57.1076 ± 0.0508 mas[1]
Distance57.11 ± 0.05 ly
(17.51 ± 0.02 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+4.21[4]
Details
Mass0.95±0.01[2] M☉
Radius1.304±0.012[5] R☉
Luminosity1.749±0.040[5] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.25±0.05[2] cgs
Temperature5817±24[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.24±0.08[4] dex
Rotation20.3±1.8 d[5]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.8±0.3[2] km/s
Age10.2±0.5[2] Gyr
Other designations
15 CrB, 2MASS J16010264+3318124, BD+33°2663, GC 21527, GJ 9537, HD 143761, HIP 78459, HR 5968, LTT 14764, ρ CrB, SAO 65024, CCDM J16011+3318A, WDS J16010+3318A
Database references
SIMBADdata

Rho Coronae Borealis (ρ CrB, ρ Coronae Borealis) is a yellow dwarf star 57.1 light-years (17.5 parsecs) away in the constellation of Corona Borealis. The star is thought to be similar to the Sun with nearly the same mass, radius, and luminosity. It is orbited by four known exoplanets.

Stellar properties

Rho Coronae Borealis is a yellow main-sequence star of the spectral type G0V. The star is thought to have 96 percent of the Sun's mass, along with 1.3 times its radius and 1.7 times its luminosity. It may only be 51 to 65 percent as enriched with elements heavier than hydrogen (based on its abundance of iron) and is likely somewhat older than the Sun at around ten billion years old.

The rotation period of Rho Coronae Borealis is approximately 20 days, even though at this age stars are hypothesized to decouple their rotational evolution and magnetic activity.[5]

Multiple star catalogs list a 10th-magnitude companion about two arc-minutes away,[6] but it is an unrelated background object.[7]

Planetary system

An extrasolar planet in a 39.8-day orbit around Rho Coronae Borealis was discovered in 1997 by observing the star's radial velocity variations.[8] This detection method only gives a lower limit on the true mass of the companion. In 2001, preliminary Hipparcos astrometric satellite data indicated that the orbital inclination of the star's companion was 0.5°, nearly face-on, implying that its mass was as much as 115 times Jupiter's.[9] A paper published in 2011 supported this claim using a new reduction of the astrometric data, with an updated mass value of 169.7 times Jupiter, with a 3σ confidence region 100.1 to 199.6 Jupiter masses.[10] Such a massive body would be a dim red dwarf star, not a planet.

In 2016, however, a paper was published that used interferometry to rule out any stellar companions to this star, in addition to detecting a second planetary companion in a 102-day orbit.[11] Another two planets were discovered in 2023.[2]

The evolution of the parent star, nearing the conclusion of its life cycle, has been regarded as a model for the potential evolution of our planetary system. This is especially relevant for predicting whether the Sun will eventually engulf the Earth at the end of its own lifecycle.[12]

The Rho Coronae Borealis planetary system[2]
Companion
(in order from star) 		Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Orbital period
(days) 		Eccentricity Inclination Radius
e ≥3.79+0.53
−0.54 M🜨 		0.1061±0.0011 12.949±0.014 0.126+0.054
−0.078 		— —
b ≥1.093±0.023 MJ 0.2245+0.0023
−0.0024 		39.8438±0.0027 0.038±0.0025 — —
c ≥28.2±1.5 M🜨 0.4206+0.0044
−0.0045 		102.19+0.27
−0.22 		0.096+0.053
−0.054 		— —
d ≥21.6±2.5 M🜨 0.827±0.011 282.2+2.2
−3.7 		0.0 — —

Circumstellar material

In October 1999, astronomers at the University of Arizona announced the existence of a circumstellar disk around the star.[13] Follow-up observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope failed to detect any infrared excess at 24- or 70-micrometre wavelengths, which would be expected if a disk were present.[14][15][16] No evidence for a disk was detected in observations with the Herschel Space Observatory either.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Brewer, John M.; Zhao, Lily L.; et al. (June 2023). "EXPRES IV: Two Additional Planets Orbiting ρ Coronae Borealis Reveal Uncommon System Architecture". The Astronomical Journal. 166 (2): 46. arXiv:2306.06888. Bibcode:2023AJ....166...46B. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/acdd6f.
  3. ^ von Braun, Kaspar; et al. (2014). "Stellar diameters and temperatures - V. 11 newly characterized exoplanet host stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 438 (3): 2413–2425. arXiv:1312.1792. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.438.2413V. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt2360.
  4. ^ a b Fuhrmann, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Michael J.; Bernkopf, Jan (1998). "F- and G-type stars with planetary companions: Upsilon Andromedae, rho (1) Cancri, tau Bootis, 16 Cygni and rho Coronae Borealis". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 336: 942. Bibcode:1998A&A...336..942F.
  5. ^ a b c d Metcalfe, Travis S.; Van Saders, Jennifer L.; Basu, Sarbani; Buzasi, Derek; Drake, Jeremy J.; Egeland, Ricky; Huber, Daniel; Saar, Steven H.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Ball, Warrick H.; Campante, Tiago L.; Finley, Adam J.; Kochukhov, Oleg; Mathur, Savita; Reinhold, Timo; See, Victor; Baliunas, Sallie; Soon, Willie (2021). "Magnetic and Rotational Evolution of ρ CrB from Asteroseismology with TESS". The Astrophysical Journal. 921 (2): 122. arXiv:2108.01088. Bibcode:2021ApJ...921..122M. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac1f19. S2CID 236881312.
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  8. ^ Noyes, Robert W.; et al. (1997). "A Planet Orbiting the Star ρ Coronae Borealis". Astrophysical Journal. 483 (2): L111–L114. arXiv:astro-ph/9704248. Bibcode:1997ApJ...483L.111N. doi:10.1086/310754. S2CID 115606006.
  9. ^ Han, Inwoo; Black, David C.; Gatewood, George (2001). "Preliminary Astrometric Masses for Proposed Extrasolar Planetary Companions". The Astrophysical Journal. 548 (1): L57–L60. Bibcode:2001ApJ...548L..57H. doi:10.1086/318927.
  10. ^ Reffert, S.; Quirrenbach, A. (2011). "Mass constraints on substellar companion candidates from the re-reduced Hipparcos intermediate astrometric data: nine confirmed planets and two confirmed brown dwarfs". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 527. id.A140. arXiv:1101.2227. Bibcode:2011A&A...527A.140R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015861. S2CID 54986291.
  11. ^ Fulton, Benjamin J.; et al. (October 2016). "Three Temperate Neptunes Orbiting Nearby Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 830 (1): 46. arXiv:1607.00007. Bibcode:2016ApJ...830...46F. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/46. S2CID 36666883.
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  15. ^ Bryden, G.; Beichman, C. A.; Carpenter, J. M.; Rieke, G. H.; Stapelfeldt, K. R.; Werner, M. W.; Tanner, A. M.; Lawler, S. M.; et al. (2009). "Planets and Debris Disks: Results from a Spitzer/MIPS Search for Infrared Excess". The Astrophysical Journal. 705 (2): 1226–1236. Bibcode:2009ApJ...705.1226B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/705/2/1226.
  16. ^ Caer McCabe & Carlotta Pham. "Catalog of withdrawn or refuted resolved Disks". Catalog of Resolved Circumstellar Disks. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
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