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HD 7977
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cassiopeia[1]
Right ascension 01h 20m 31.596s[2]
Declination +61° 52′ 57.01″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.04[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[2]
Spectral type G3[4]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: +0.144[2] mas/yr
Dec.: +0.010[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.2118±0.0322 mas[2]
Distance246.9 ± 0.6 ly
(75.7 ± 0.2 pc)
Details
Mass1.07[2] M
Radius1.09[2] R
Luminosity1.20[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.35[2] cgs
Temperature5,816[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.59[2] dex
Age6.7[2] Gyr
Other designations
HD 7977, BD+61°250, SAO 11703
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 7977 is a G-type main-sequence star located in the constellation of Cassiopeia, around 246.9 light-years away from Earth. HD 7977 is notable for its uncertain[5] close flyby of the Solar System 2.47 million years ago, when it is predicted to have come as close as 3,800 astronomical units or less, although there are reasons to doubt the proper motions used to compute this flyby.[5] For comparison, Proxima Centauri is roughly 270,000 au from Earth. Its flyby may have taken it close enough to the Sun that it penetrated deep into the Oort Cloud and disturbed the population of Oort Cloud bodies and long-period comets there.[6] Its mass is equivalent to 1.07 times the Sun's mass.[7]

Schematic view to scale of past and future close approaches to the Sun (up to Alpha Centauri), which includes HD 7977

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