HD 231701

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HD 231701 / Uruk
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation
Sagitta
Right ascension 19h 32m 04.1610s[1]
Declination +16° 28′ 27.4411″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.97[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type F8 V[2]
B−V color index 0.539±0.015[2]
Distance
356 ± 2 ly
(109.2 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.64[2]
Details
Gyr
HIP 96078, SAO 104946[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 231701 is a yellow-white hued

light years from the Sun, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −63 km/s.[1] It is predicted to come as close as 189.5 light-years in 1.345 million years.[2]

HD 231701 is named Uruk. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Iraq, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Uruk was an ancient city of the Sumer and Babylonian civilizations in Mesopotamia.[8][9]

This object is an ordinary

luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,081 K.[1]

In 2007, the

radial velocity technique to discover a Jupiter-like planet orbiting at a distance of 0.57 AU from the star with a period of 141.6 days.[6]

The HD 231701 planetary system[10]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b / Babylonia ≥1.13±0.25 MJ 0.567±0.053 141.63±0.067 0.13±0.032

See also

  • List of extrasolar planets

References

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