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HD 2638
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Cetus[1]
Right ascension 00h 29m 59.8721s[2]
Declination −05° 45′ 50.399″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.44[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type K1V[4] (G8V + M1V)[5]
B−V color index +0.886±0.003[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+9.576±0.0010[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −107.019±0.094[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −223.039±0.062[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)18.1656±0.0510 mas[2]
Distance179.5 ± 0.5 ly
(55.0 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.96[3]
Orbit[6]
PrimaryHD 2638 A
NameHD 2638 BC
Period (P)130 yr
Semi-major axis (a)25.5±1.9 AU
Details[7]
A
Mass0.89±0.02 M
Radius0.8±0.01 R
Luminosity0.407±0.004 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.58±0.02 cgs
Temperature5,160±24 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.12±0.05[8] dex
Age1.9±2.6 Gyr
BC
Mass0.425±0.067[5] M
Radius0.46±0.02[5] R
Luminosity0.030±0.005[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.80±0.02[5] cgs
Temperature3571±48[5] K
Other designations
BD−06°82, HD 2638, HIP 2350, WDS J00293-0555BC, NLTT 1594, 2MASS J00295988-0545502, Gaia DR2 2526925389919277056[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

HD 2638 is a ternary star system[10] system in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. The pair have an angular separation of 0.53 along a position angle of 166.7°, as of 2015.[10] This is system too faint to be visible to the naked eye, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of 9.44;[3] a small telescope is required. The distance to this system is 179.5 light years based on parallax, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +9.6 km/s.[2] The magnitude 7.76 star HD 2567 forms a common proper motion companion to this pair[10] at projected separation 839″.[6]

The HD 2638 members A and BC have a projected separation of about 25.5±1.9 AU and thus an orbital period of around 130 years.[5] They have a combined stellar classification of K1V.[4] The primary component is a G-type main-sequence star with a class of G8V.[5] It is smaller and less massive than the Sun, and has a lower luminosity.[7] The secondary is a binary consisting of two red dwarf stars on close orbit with combined mass less than half the mass of the primary, and a composite spectral class of M1V.[5]

Planetary system

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In 2005, the discovery of an extrasolar planet HD 2638 b orbiting the primary was announced by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search Team. The planet has a mass 0.48 times that of Jupiter and 152.6 times that of Earth.[11] The planet existence was placed under doubt in 2015 due to discovered additional stellar companions.[6]

The HD 2638 planetary system[11]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination
(°)
Radius
b >0.48 MJ 0.044 3.4442±0.0002 0.0407

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References

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