39 Eridani
Star in the constellation Eridanus
39 Eridani is a wide binary star [ 3] system in the equatorial constellation of Eridanus . It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.87.[ 2] As of 2015, the components had an angular separation of 6.4″ along a position angle of 143°.[ 9] The system is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of +7 km/s.[ 2]
The magnitude 5.07[ 3] primary, designated component A, is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III.[ 3] This object is more than a billion[ 4] years old with 1.77[ 4] times the mass of the Sun . With the hydrogen at its core exhausted, the star has expanded to 12[ 5] times the Sun's radius . It is a candidate super metal-rich star, showing a significant overabundance of iron compared to the Sun.[ 10] 39 Eridani A is radiating 81.3[ 6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,641 K.[ 4]
The secondary, component B, is a magnitude 8.68[ 3] G-type main-sequence star with a class of G2 V.[ 3] It has 1.15[ 7] times the Sun's radius and shines with 1.37 times the luminosity of the Sun at an effective temperature of 5,816 K.[ 7]
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^ a b Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", Astronomical Journal , 150 (3), 88, arXiv :1507.01466 , Bibcode :2015AJ....150...88L , doi :10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88 , S2CID 118505114 .
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^ Buzzoni, A.; Chavez, M.; Malagnini, M. L.; Morossi, C. (November 2001), "Lick Spectral Indices for Super-Metal-rich Stars", The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific , 113 (789): 1365–1377, arXiv :astro-ph/0109443 , Bibcode :2001PASP..113.1365B , doi :10.1086/323625 , S2CID 40492050 .