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10 Ursae Majoris
10 Ursae Majoris
Location of 10 UMa (circled in red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Lynx[1]
Right ascension 09h 00m 38.38067s[2]
Declination +41° 46′ 58.6051″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.960[3] (4.18 / 6.48)[4]
Characteristics
Spectral type F3V + K0V[5]
U−B color index +0.04[3]
B−V color index +0.43[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)26.4 ± 0.9[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -474.31[2] mas/yr
Dec.: -204.21[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)62.23±0.68 mas[2]
Distance52.4 ± 0.6 ly
(16.1 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+2.93[1]
Orbit[7]
Period (P)7691.0 ± 1.8 d
Semi-major axis (a)0.64566 ± 0.00056″
Eccentricity (e)0.15075 ± 0.00084
Inclination (i)131.366 ± 0.099°
Longitude of the node (Ω)203.74 ± 0.10°
Periastron epoch (T)JD 2449263.1 ± 9.1
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
32.30 ± 0.44°
Details[5]
10 UMa A
Mass1.44 M
Radius1.518[a] R
Luminosity4.285 L
Temperature6740 K
10 UMa B
Mass0.89 M
Radius0.965[a] R
Luminosity0.638 L
Temperature5250 K
Other designations
10 UMa, BD+42°1956, FK5 339, GJ 332, HD 76943, HIP 44248, HR 3579, SAO 42642[8]
Database references
SIMBAD10 UMa
ARICNS10 UMa A
10 UMa B

10 Ursae Majoris is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Lynx. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 3.960.[3] This system is fairly close to the Sun, at 53 light-years (16.1 pc) away from Earth.[2] It is the third-brightest object in Lynx. John Flamsteed, England’s first Astronomer Royal, wrongly catalogued this star as part of Ursa Major, hence its designation.[9] The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 26.4 km/s.[6] It is a probable member of the Hyades supercluster.[10]

This is a spectroscopic binary—orbital motion from the two stars can be detected by Doppler shifts in their spectra. In this case, the two stars can also be split by differential astrometry. The magnitude 4.18[4] primary has a mass of 1.44 M and the fainter secondary, 0.89 M.[5] The primary is an F-type main-sequence star radiating 4.3 times the Sun's luminosity, and the magnitude 6.48[4] secondary is K-type with 0.6 times the luminosity of the Sun. The two orbit each other every 21.057 years with an eccentricity of 0.15.[7]

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