Astronomy:Wolf 1069

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Short description: Red dwarf star in the constellation Cygnus
Wolf 1069
Wolf 1069 as seen by SDSS.jpg
SDSS image of Wolf 1069
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cygnus[1]
Right ascension  20h 26m 05.30213s[2]
Declination +58° 34′ 22.6804″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.2[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type M5.0V[4]
Apparent magnitude (G) 12.352±0.003[2]
Apparent magnitude (J) 9.029±0.039[5]
Apparent magnitude (H) 8.483±0.073[5]
Apparent magnitude (K) 8.095±0.021[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−60.26±0.54[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 261.038[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 542.906[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)104.4415 ± 0.0261[2] mas
Distance31.229 ± 0.008 ly
(9.575 ± 0.002 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)14.3[3]
Details[4]
Mass0.167±0.011 M
Radius0.1813±0.0063 R
Luminosity (bolometric)0.002944±0.000028 L
Habitable zone inner limit0.056 astronomical unit|AU
Habitable zone outer limit0.111 astronomical unit|AU
Surface gravity (log g)4.93±0.06 cgs
Temperature3158±54 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.07±0.19 dex
Rotation150–170 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<2 km/s
Other designations
GJ 1253, Ci 20 1209, G 230-40, LFT 1550, LHS 3549, LSPM J2026+5834, LTT 15977, NLTT 49289, PLX 4870.01, PM J20260+5834, Wolf 1069, 2MASS J20260528+5834224[5]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Wolf 1069 is a red dwarf star located 31.2 light-years (9.6 parsecs) away from the Solar System in the constellation of Cygnus. The star has 17% the mass and 18% the radius of the Sun, a temperature of 3,158 K (2,885 °C; 5,225 °F), and a slow rotation period of 150–170 days. It hosts one known exoplanet called Wolf 1069 b which could possibly sustain life.[4]

Planetary system

A planetary companion to Wolf 1069 was discovered in 2023 via radial velocity. It has a minimum mass close to that of Earth and orbits within the habitable zone of its star, with an orbital period of 15 days. This planet does not transit its host star. Observations have ruled out any additional planets greater than one Earth mass with orbital periods of less than 10 days.[4]

As of its discovery, Wolf 1069 b is the sixth-closest known Earth-mass planet within the conservatively-defined habitable zone, after Proxima Centauri b, GJ 1061 d, Teegarden's Star c, and GJ 1002 b & c.[4]

The Wolf 1069 planetary system[4]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥1.26±0.21 M 0.0672±0.0014 15.564±0.015 ~1.08[note 1] R

Notes

  1. The radius of this planet has not been measured; this value is an estimate.

References

  1. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". 2 August 2008. http://djm.cc/constellation.html. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houdebine, Éric R.; Mullan, D. J.; Doyle, J. G.; de la Vieuville, Geoffroy; Butler, C. J.; Paletou, F. (2019). "The Mass-Activity Relationships in M and K Dwarfs. I. Stellar Parameters of Our Sample of M and K Dwarfs". The Astronomical Journal 158 (2): 56. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab23fe. Bibcode2019AJ....158...56H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Kossakowski, D. et al. (January 2023). "The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs, Wolf 1069 b: Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of a nearby, very low-mass star". Astronomy & Astrophysics 670: A84. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245322. Bibcode2023A&A...670A..84K. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Wolf 1069". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Wolf+1069.