Star in the constellation Libra
Kappa Librae is a star system in the zodiac constellation of Libra . Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from κ Librae , and abbreviated Kappa Lib or κ Lib . Its apparent visual magnitude is 4.72,[ 3] so it can be seen with the naked eye. The annual parallax shift of 10.57 mas [ 2] indicates it is roughly 310 light years away. It is positioned 0.02 degrees south of the ecliptic .
The star shows acceleration components in its proper motion , indicating with high probability that it is an astrometric binary .[ 10] The visible component is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K5 III.[ 4] It is a suspected variable star with a brightness that ranges between 4.70 and 4.75.[ 11] Kappa Librae is 38 times larger than the Sun,[ 7] and is radating 388 times the solar luminosity [ 8] from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 3,875 K .[ 7]
In Chinese astronomy , Kappa Librae is called 日, Pinyin : Rì, meaning Sun , because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Sun asterism, Room mansion (see : Chinese constellation ).[ 12]
References
^ a b 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 .
XHIP record for this object at VizieR .
^ a b c d e f van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 474 (2): 653– 664, arXiv :0708.1752 , Bibcode :2007A&A...474..653V , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 , S2CID 18759600 .
^ a b c d Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , 4 (99): 99, Bibcode :1966CoLPL...4...99J .
^ a b Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars , vol. 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode :1988mcts.book.....H .
^ de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics , 546 : 14, arXiv :1208.3048 , Bibcode :2012A&A...546A..61D , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201219219 , S2CID 59451347 , A61.
^ a b c Kaltenegger, L.; Faherty, J. K. (2021), "Past, present and future stars that can see Earth as a transiting exoplanet", Nature , 594 (7864): 505– 507, arXiv :2107.07936 , Bibcode :2021Natur.594..505K , doi :10.1038/s41586-021-03596-y , PMID 34163055
^ a b c d McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (2017-10-01), "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho-Gaia stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 471 : 770– 791, arXiv :1706.02208 , Bibcode :2017MNRAS.471..770M , doi :10.1093/mnras/stx1433 , ISSN 0035-8711 . Kappa Librae's database entry at VizieR .
^ a b 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 .
^ "kap Lib" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2017-01-30 .{{cite web }}
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^ Makarov, V. V.; Kaplan, G. H. (May 2005), "Statistical Constraints for Astrometric Binaries with Nonlinear Motion" (PDF) , The Astronomical Journal , 129 (5): 2420– 2427, Bibcode :2005AJ....129.2420M , doi :10.1086/429590 , archived from the original on September 24, 2017.
^ Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2004), "Combined General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2)", Vizier Online Data Catalog , Bibcode :2004yCat.2250....0S .
^ Ian Ridpath's Startales - Libra the Scales