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HD 20003

HD 20003 is a star in the southern constellation Hydrus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 8.39, this yellow-hued star is much too faint to be visible to the naked eye. It is located at a distance of 136.6 light years from the Sun based on parallax. HD 20003 is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −16 km/s, and is predicted to come to within 97 light-years in around 1.4 million years from now.

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HD 20003
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Hydrus
Right ascension 03h 07m 37.91875s1
Declination −72° 19′ 18.8010″1
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.392
Characteristics
Spectral type G8 V3
B−V color index 0.771±0.0152
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−16.174±0.00051 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +71.8931 mas/yr
Dec.: −7.9951 mas/yr
Parallax (π)23.8764±0.0283 mas1
Distance136.6 ± 0.2 ly
(41.88 ± 0.05 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.182
Details
Mass0.942±0.0464 M
Radius0.92+0.05
−0.01
1 R
Luminosity0.705+0.002
−0.001
1 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.423±0.3234 cgs
Temperature5494±275 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.04±0.025 dex
Rotation38.9±4 d5
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.216±0.2734 km/s
Age5.3+2.8
−2.6
4 Gyr
Other designations
CD−72°148, HD 20003, HIP 14530, SAO 255959, 2MASS J21281220-21433406
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

HD 20003 is a star in the southern constellation Hydrus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 8.39,2 this yellow-hued star is much too faint to be visible to the naked eye. It is located at a distance of 136.6 light years from the Sun based on parallax. HD 20003 is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −16 km/s,1 and is predicted to come to within 97 light-years in around 1.4 million years from now.2

This object is an ordinary, G-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of G8 V.3 It is around five4 billion years old with a magnetic activity cycle lasting about ten years7 and a projected rotational velocity of 2.2 km/s.4 The star has 94%4 of the mass of the Sun and 92%1 of the Sun's radius. The metallicity of this star is similar to the Sun, if slightly higher.2 It is radiating 70.5% of the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,510 K.1

The survey in 2015 have ruled out the existence of any stellar companions at projected distances above 18 astronomical units.8

Planetary system

HD 20003 has two planets that are at least 12 and 13.4 times as massive as the Earth and have orbital periods of just under 12 and 34 days, respectively. These were detected by the HARPS survey in 2011,9 and the findings were confirmed using Spitzer in 2017.7

Since 2017, a third planet HD 20003 d on roughly half-year orbit is suspected.5

The HD 20003 planetary system9
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination
(°)
Radius
b ≥0.0378±0.0031 MJ 0.0974±0.0016 11.849±0.0028 0.4±0.08
c ≥0.0422±0.004 MJ 0.1961±0.0032 33.823±0.0654 0.16±0.09
References

References

  1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  3. Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
  4. Soto, M. G.; Jenkins, J. S. (July 2018), "Spectroscopic Parameters and atmosphEric ChemIstriEs of Stars (SPECIES). I. Code description and dwarf stars catalogue", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615: 28, arXiv:1801.09698, Bibcode:2018A&A...615A..76S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731533, S2CID 119107228, A76.
  5. Udry, S.; Dumusque, X.; Lovis, C.; Ségransan, D.; Diaz, R. F.; Benz, W.; Bouchy, F.; Coffinet, A.; Lo Curto, G.; Mayor, M.; Mordasini, C.; Motalebi, F.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Santos, N. C.; Wyttenbach, A.; Alonso, R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Deleuil, M.; Figueira, P.; Gillon, M.; Moutou, C.; Pollacco, D.; Pompei, E. (2019), "The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622: A37, arXiv:1705.05153, Bibcode:2019A&A...622A..37U, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731173
  6. "HD 20003". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  7. Gillon, M.; et al. (May 2017), "The Spitzer search for the transits of HARPS low-mass planets. II. Null results for 19 planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 601: 23, arXiv:1701.01303, Bibcode:2017A&A...601A.117G, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629270, S2CID 86862862, A117.
  8. Mugrauer, M.; Ginski, C. (12 May 2015). "High-contrast imaging search for stellar and substellar companions of exoplanet host stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 450 (3): 3127–3136. Bibcode:2015MNRAS.450.3127M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv771. hdl:1887/49340. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. Mayor, M.; et al. (2011). "The HARPS Search for Southern Extra-solar Planets XXXIV. Occurrence, Mass Distribution and Orbital Properties of Super-Earths and Neptune-mass Planets". arXiv:1109.2497 [astro-ph.EP].