AD Leonis

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AD Leonis
File:ADLeoLightCurve.png
U, B, V and R light curves for a flare on AD Leonis, adapted from Hawley and Pettersen (1991)[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Leo
Right ascension Template:RA[2]
Declination Template:DEC[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.32[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3.5eV[4]
U−B Template:Engvar +1.06[3]
B−V Template:Engvar +1.54[3]
Variable type Flare star[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Template:Val[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –498.620 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: –43.428 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)201.4064±0.0296 mas[2]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)10.87[6]
Details[7]
MassTemplate:Val Template:Solar mass
RadiusTemplate:Val Template:Solar radius
LuminosityTemplate:Val Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)Template:Val cgs
TemperatureTemplate:Val K
Metallicity [Fe/H]Template:Val dex
RotationTemplate:Val
Rotational velocity (v sin i)Template:Val km/s
Age25-300[4] Myr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
Gliese 388, BD+20 2465, G 54-23, LHS 5167, LTT 12761, NLTT 24015, SAO 81292, PLX 2420, TYC 1423-174-1[8]
Database references
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AD Leonis (Gliese 388) is a red dwarf star. It is located relatively near the Sun, at a distance of Template:Convert, in the constellation Leo. AD Leonis is a main sequence star with a spectral classification of M3.5V.[4] It is a flare star that undergoes random increases in luminosity.[5][8]

Properties

AD Leonis is an M-type star with a spectral type M3.5eV, indicating it is a main sequence star that displays emission lines in its spectrum. At a trigonometric distance of Template:Convert, it has an apparent visual magnitude of 9.43.[6][9] It has about 39–42% of the Sun's mass — above the mass at which a star is fully convective[10] — and 39% of the Sun's radius.[6][11] The projected rotation of this star is only 2.4 km/s, but it completes a rotation once every 2.227 days, indicating a relatively pole-on inclination of about Template:Val.[7] It is a relatively young star with an estimated age of 25–300 million years,[4] and is considered a member of the young disk population.[12]

The variability of this star was first observed in 1949 by Katherine C. Gordon and Gerald E. Kron at Lick Observatory.[13] AD Leonis is one of the most active flare stars known, and the emissions from the flares have been detected across the electromagnetic spectrum as high as the X-ray band.[14][15] The net magnetic flux at the surface is about 3 kG.[16] Besides star spots, about 73% of the surface is covered by magnetically active regions.[17] Examination of the corona in X-ray shows compact loop structures that span up to 30% of the size of the star.[18] The average temperature of the corona is around 6.39 MK.[19]

This star is orbiting through the Milky Way galaxy with an eccentricity of 0.028 . This carries the star as close as 8.442 kpc from the galactic core, and as far as 8.926 kpc. The orbital inclination carries it as far as 0.121 kpc from the plane of the galaxy.[20]

In 2021, a superflare on AD Leo was observed simultaneously in X-ray by XMM-Newton and in optical by TESS.[21]

Search for planets

During a 1943 proper motion study by Dirk Reuyl at McCormick Observatory, AD Leonis was suspected of having a companion. However, a 1968 study by Sarah L. Lippincott at Sproul Observatory was unable to confirm this result.[22] A 1997 search with a near-infrared speckle interferometer failed to detect a companion orbiting 1–10 AU from the star.[23] In 2001, an optical coronagraph was used to example the star, but no companion was found.[24] As of 1981, there was no sign of variability in its radial velocity, which would otherwise indicate the presence of an unseen companion.[9]

In 2018, AD Leonis was found to have radial velocity variations with a period of 2.23 days. The star was found to rotate with the same period, suggesting that the stellar rotation may be the cause of the radial velocity signal, but it was thought possible that the signal was caused by a planet of Template:Jupiter mass in a spin-orbit resonance with the star.[25] This was listed as a candidate planet in a 2019 preprint.[26] However, subsequent studies starting in 2020 refuted the planet hypothesis, finding stellar activity to be the most likely explanation for the radial velocity variations.[27][28] A 2022 study confidently ruled out planets more massive than Template:Val orbiting at the stellar rotation period, as well as planets more than Template:Jupiter mass with periods up to 14 years.[7]

See also

References

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External links

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