HD 153950
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HD 153950 is a star in the southern constellation of Scorpius, positioned about 1.2° to the west of Eta Scorpii.[8] It has the proper name Rapeto, which was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Madagascar, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Rapeto is a giant creature from Malagasy tales.[9][10] This star is visible in a small telescope, having an apparent visual magnitude of 7.39.[2] It is located at a distance of 158 light years from the Sun based on parallax. The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 33.2 km/s.[2]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Scorpius |
Right ascension | 17h 04m 30.87092s[1] |
Declination | −43° 18′ 35.1705″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.39[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F8V[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 7.955[2] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 6.313±0.018[2] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 6.078±0.034[2] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 6.006±0.017[2] |
B−V color index | 0.565±0.011[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 33.23±0.01[2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +110.494[1] mas/yr Dec.: −140.694[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 20.6090 ± 0.0493 mas[1] |
Distance | 158.3 ± 0.4 ly (48.5 ± 0.1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.91[4] |
Details[4] | |
Mass | 1.119±0.027[5] M☉ |
Radius | 1.28±0.04[6] R☉ |
Luminosity | 2.22±0.17 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.37±0.1 cgs |
Temperature | 6,076±13 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.01±0.01 dex |
Rotation | 14 days |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.0 km/s |
Age | 4.676±0.932[5] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
The stellar classification of F8V[3] suggests HD 153950 is an F-type main-sequence star. However, given its position on the H-R diagram, this star has likely already started to evolve off the main sequence.[11] It is about 4.7[5] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 3.0 km/s, giving it a rotation period of ~14 days.[4] The star has 12%[5] more mass than the Sun and a 28%[6] greater radius. The abundance of iron, what astronomers term the star's metallicity, is equal to the Sun within the margin of error. It is radiating more than double the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,076 K.[4]