Xi2 Lupi

Xi2 Lupi (ξ2 Lup, ξ2 Lupi) is a member of a double star[8] with Xi1 Lupi in the southern constellation of Lupus. As of 2004, the pair had an angular separation of 10.254 arc seconds along a position angle of 49.21°.[9] Xi2 Lupi is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.55.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 21.71[1] mas as seen from Earth, it is located roughly 150 light years from the Sun. It has a peculiar velocity of 14.3±1.9 km/s relative to its neighbors, and is probably (86% chance) a runaway star.[10]

For other stars with this Bayer designation, see ξ Lupi.
Xi2 Lupi
The location of Xi2 Lupi (ξ2) in the constellation of Lupus (shown as a red target's bullseye).
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Lupus
Right ascension 15h 56m 54.12100s[1]
Declination −33° 57′ 51.3448″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.55[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B9 V[3]
B−V color index +0.06[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−12.20±1.78[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +23.56[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −43.29[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)21.71 ± 4.70[1] mas
Distanceapprox. 150 ly
(approx. 46 pc)
Details
Mass2.38[5] M☉
Luminosity10.6[6] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.22±0.14[5] cgs
Temperature9,725±331[5] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)184[5] km/s
Age381[5] Myr
Other designations
ξ2 Lup, CD−33° 10826B, HD 142630, HIP 78106, HR 5926, SAO 207145, WDS J15569-3358B.[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

This is a B-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of B9 V.[3] It has an estimated 2.38[5] times the mass of the Sun and radiates 10.6[6] times the Sun's luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 9,725 K.[5] Xi2 Lupi is about 381 million years old and is spinning relatively rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 184 km/s.[5]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Høg, E.; et al. (2000), "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 355: L27, Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H, doi:10.1888/0333750888/2862.
  3. Levato, H. (January 1975), "Rotational velocities and spectral types for a sample of binary systems", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 19: 91–99, Bibcode:1975A&AS...19...91L.
  4. 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, A61.
  5. David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015), "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets", The Astrophysical Journal, 804 (2): 146, arXiv:1501.03154, Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146.
  6. McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x.
  7. "ksi02 Lup". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  8. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.
  9. Sinachopoulos, D.; et al. (September 2007), "CCD astrometry and components instrumental magnitude difference of 432 Hipparcos wide visual double stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 472 (3): 1055–1057, Bibcode:2007A&A...472.1055S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066290.
  10. Tetzlaff, N.; et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x.
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