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'''18 Scorpii''' is a solitary [[star]] located at a distance of some {{Convert|14.13|pc|ly|order=flip|abbr=off|lk=on}} from the [[Sun]] at the northern edge of the [[Scorpius|Scorpius constellation]]. It has an [[apparent visual magnitude]] of 5.5,<ref name=aaa418_989/> which is [[Bortle Dark-Sky Scale|bright enough]] to be seen with the naked eye outside of urban areas. The star is drifting further away with a [[radial velocity]] of +11.6.<ref name=aaa418_989/> | '''18 Scorpii''' is a solitary [[star]] located at a distance of some {{Convert|14.13|pc|ly|order=flip|abbr=off|lk=on}} from the [[Sun]] at the northern edge of the [[Scorpius|Scorpius constellation]]. It has an [[apparent visual magnitude]] of 5.5,<ref name=aaa418_989/> which is [[Bortle Dark-Sky Scale|bright enough]] to be seen with the naked eye outside of urban areas. The star is drifting further away with a [[radial velocity]] of +11.6.<ref name=aaa418_989/> | ||
18 Scorpii has some physical properties in common with the [[Sun]], a [[G-type star]]. Cayrel de Strobel (1996) included it in her review of the stars most similar to the Sun,<ref name=aar7_3_243/> and Porto de Mello & da Silva (1997) identified it as a younger [[solar twin]].<ref | 18 Scorpii has some physical properties in common with the [[Sun]], a [[G-type star]]. Cayrel de Strobel (1996) included it in her review of the stars most similar to the Sun,<ref name=aar7_3_243/> and Porto de Mello & da Silva (1997) identified it as a younger [[solar twin]].<ref name=eso/><ref name=apj482_2_L89/> Some scientists therefore believe the prospects for [[life]] in its vicinity are good. | ||
== Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
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18 Scorpii was identified in September 2003 by astrobiologist [[Margaret Turnbull]] from the [[University of Arizona]] in [[Tucson]] as one of the most promising nearby candidates for hosting life, based on her analysis of the [[HabCat]] list of stars. This is a solitary star,<ref name="mea2005"/> and does not display the level of [[infrared excess|excess infrared emission]] that would otherwise suggest the presence of unconsolidated circumstellar matter, such as a [[debris disk]].<ref name=apj705_1_89/> | 18 Scorpii was identified in September 2003 by astrobiologist [[Margaret Turnbull]] from the [[University of Arizona]] in [[Tucson]] as one of the most promising nearby candidates for hosting life, based on her analysis of the [[HabCat]] list of stars. This is a solitary star,<ref name="mea2005"/> and does not display the level of [[infrared excess|excess infrared emission]] that would otherwise suggest the presence of unconsolidated circumstellar matter, such as a [[debris disk]].<ref name=apj705_1_89/> | ||
In a paper published in April 2017, a candidate planet was found orbiting 18 Scorpii (HD 146233) with a period of {{convert|2529|days|years}},<ref name="Butler2017" /> but subsequent studies in 2020 and 2023 found that the [[Doppler spectroscopy|radial velocity]] signal originates from a stellar activity cycle.<ref name="Hirsch2020"/><ref name="Laliotis2023"/>{{rp|38}} However, in 2023 evidence of a different candidate planet was found, which would be of [[super-Earth]] mass with a period of 19.9 days.<ref name="Laliotis2023"/>{{rp|38}} | In a paper published in April 2017, a candidate planet was found orbiting 18 Scorpii (HD 146233) with a period of {{convert|2529|days|years}},<ref name="Butler2017" /> but subsequent studies in 2020 and 2023 found that the [[Doppler spectroscopy|radial velocity]] signal originates from a stellar activity cycle.<ref name="Hirsch2020"/><ref name="Laliotis2023"/>{{rp|38}} However, in 2023 evidence of a different candidate planet was found, which would be of [[super-Earth]] mass with a period of 19.9 days.<ref name="Laliotis2023"/>{{rp|38}} The same planet was detected in 2025.<ref name=gupta2025/> | ||
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<ref name=Karovicova>{{Cite journal |last1=Karovicova |first1=I. |last2=White |first2=T. R. |last3=Nordlander |first3=T. |last4=Casagrande |first4=L. |last5=Ireland |first5=M. |last6=Huber |first6=D. |date=13 September 2021 |title=Fundamental stellar parameters of benchmark stars from CHARA interferometry -- II. Dwarf stars |journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics |volume=658 |pages=A47 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202141833 |issn=0004-6361|arxiv=2109.06203 }}</ref> | <ref name=Karovicova>{{Cite journal |last1=Karovicova |first1=I. |last2=White |first2=T. R. |last3=Nordlander |first3=T. |last4=Casagrande |first4=L. |last5=Ireland |first5=M. |last6=Huber |first6=D. |date=13 September 2021 |title=Fundamental stellar parameters of benchmark stars from CHARA interferometry -- II. Dwarf stars |journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics |volume=658 |pages=A47 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202141833 |issn=0004-6361|arxiv=2109.06203 }}</ref> | ||
<ref name=eso>{{cite web | url=http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1337a/ | publisher=[[European Southern Observatory|ESO]] | title=The life cycle of a Sun-like star (annotated)] | date=28 August 2013 | access-date=2020-11-10 }}</ref> | |||
<ref name=nasa>{{cite web | url=https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/122/identification-of-oldest-solar-twin-may-help-locate-rocky-exoplanets/ | publisher=NASA | title=Identification of oldest solar twin may help locate rocky exoplanets | date=August 28, 2013 | access-date=2020-11-10 }}</ref> | |||
<ref name=gupta2025>{{Cite arXiv |last1=Gupta |first1=Arvind F. |last2=Fitzmaurice |first2=Evan |last3=Mahadevan |first3=Suvrath |last4=Robertson |first4=Paul |last5=Luhn |first5=Jacob K. |last6=Wright |first6=Jason T. |last7=Logsdon |first7=Sarah E. |last8=Krolikowski |first8=Daniel M. |last9=Paredes |first9=Leonardo A. |title=The NEID Earth Twin Survey. III. Survey Performance After Three Years on Sky |date=2025-06-30 |class=astro-ph.EP |eprint=2506.23704}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Bazot2018>{{cite journal | <ref name=Bazot2018>{{cite journal | ||
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<ref name=xhip>{{cite journal | last1 = Anderson | first1 = E. | last2 = Francis | first2 = Ch. | title = XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation | journal = Astronomy Letters | date = May 2012 | volume = 38 | issue = 5 | pages = 331–346 | issn = 1063-7737 | eissn = 1562-6873 | doi = 10.1134/S1063773712050015 | bibcode = 2012AstL...38..331A | arxiv = 1108.4971| s2cid = 119257644 }}</ref> | <ref name=xhip>{{cite journal | last1 = Anderson | first1 = E. | last2 = Francis | first2 = Ch. | title = XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation | journal = Astronomy Letters | date = May 2012 | volume = 38 | issue = 5 | pages = 331–346 | issn = 1063-7737 | eissn = 1562-6873 | doi = 10.1134/S1063773712050015 | bibcode = 2012AstL...38..331A | arxiv = 1108.4971| s2cid = 119257644 }}</ref> | ||
<ref name=petit2008>{{cite conference |bibcode=2008sf2a.conf..523P |date=2008 |title=Magnetic geometries of Sun-like stars : Impact of rotation |last1=Petit |first1=P. |last2=Dintrans |first2=B. |last3=Aurière |first3=M. |last4=Catala |first4=C. |last5=Donati |first5=J. -F. |last6=Fares |first6=R. |last7=Gastine |first7=T. |last8=Lignières |first8=F. |last9=Morin |first9=J. |last10=Paletou |first10=F. |last11=Ramirez |first11=J. |last12=Solanki |first12=S. K. |last13=Théado |first13=S. }}</ref> | |||
<ref name=aaa418_989>{{cite journal | title=The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ˜14 000 F and G dwarfs | display-authors=1 | last1=Nordström | first1=B. | last2=Mayor | first2=M. | last3=Andersen | first3=J. | last4=Holmberg | first4=J. | last5=Pont | first5=F. | last6=Jørgensen | first6=B. R. | last7=Olsen | first7=E. H. | last8=Udry | first8=S. | last9=Mowlavi | first9=N. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=418 | issue=3 | pages=989–1019 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20035959 | bibcode=2004A&A...418..989N |arxiv = astro-ph/0405198 |year=2004| s2cid=11027621 }}</ref> | <ref name=aaa418_989>{{cite journal | title=The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ˜14 000 F and G dwarfs | display-authors=1 | last1=Nordström | first1=B. | last2=Mayor | first2=M. | last3=Andersen | first3=J. | last4=Holmberg | first4=J. | last5=Pont | first5=F. | last6=Jørgensen | first6=B. R. | last7=Olsen | first7=E. H. | last8=Udry | first8=S. | last9=Mowlavi | first9=N. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=418 | issue=3 | pages=989–1019 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20035959 | bibcode=2004A&A...418..989N |arxiv = astro-ph/0405198 |year=2004| s2cid=11027621 }}</ref> | ||
<ref name=SIMBAD>{{ | <ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad | title=18 Sco | access-date=2011-10-13 }}</ref> | ||
<ref name=eggen1986>{{cite journal |bibcode=1986EgUBV........0M |title=Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (Unpublished) |last1=Mermilliod |first1=J. -C. |journal=Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data |date=1986 }}</ref> | |||
<ref name=aj138_1_312>{{cite journal | display-authors=1 | last1=Hall | first1=Jeffrey C. | last2=Henry | first2=Gregory W. | last3=Lockwood | first3=G. Wesley | last4=Skiff | first4=Brian A. | last5=Saar | first5=Steven H. | title=The Activity and Variability of the Sun and Sun-Like Stars. II. Contemporaneous Photometry and Spectroscopy of Bright Solar Analogs | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=138 | issue=1 | pages=312–322 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/138/1/312 | bibcode=2009AJ....138..312H |date=July 2009| citeseerx=10.1.1.216.9004 | s2cid=12332945 }}</ref> | <ref name=aj138_1_312>{{cite journal | display-authors=1 | last1=Hall | first1=Jeffrey C. | last2=Henry | first2=Gregory W. | last3=Lockwood | first3=G. Wesley | last4=Skiff | first4=Brian A. | last5=Saar | first5=Steven H. | title=The Activity and Variability of the Sun and Sun-Like Stars. II. Contemporaneous Photometry and Spectroscopy of Bright Solar Analogs | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=138 | issue=1 | pages=312–322 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/138/1/312 | bibcode=2009AJ....138..312H |date=July 2009| citeseerx=10.1.1.216.9004 | s2cid=12332945 }}</ref> | ||
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18 Scorpii is a solitary star located at a distance of some Template:Convert from the Sun at the northern edge of the Scorpius constellation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.5,[3] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye outside of urban areas. The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +11.6.[3]
18 Scorpii has some physical properties in common with the Sun, a G-type star. Cayrel de Strobel (1996) included it in her review of the stars most similar to the Sun,[13] and Porto de Mello & da Silva (1997) identified it as a younger solar twin.[14][15] Some scientists therefore believe the prospects for life in its vicinity are good.
Characteristics
18 Scorpii is a main sequence star of spectral and luminosity type G2 Va,[15] with the luminosity class of 'V' indicating it is generating energy through the nuclear fusion of hydrogen in its core region. Sousa et al. (2008) found its metallicity to be about 1.1 times that of the Sun, which means the abundance of elements other than hydrogen or helium is 10% greater.[16][17] The radius of this star, as measured using interferometry by Bazot et al. (2011), is 101% the radius of the Sun. When combined with the results of asteroseismology measurements, this allows the mass of the star to be estimated as 102% of the Sun's mass.[18] This star is radiating 106% of the Sun's luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 5,433 K.[19] It is this heat that gives the star the yellow-hued glow of a G-type star.[20]
According to Lockwood (2002), it has a temporal photometric behavior very similar to the Sun.[21] Its brightness variation over its entire activity cycle is 0.09%, about the same as the Sun's brightness variations during recent solar cycles.[22] Using the technique of Zeeman-Doppler imaging, Petit et al. (2008) have detected its surface magnetic field, showing that its intensity and geometry are very similar to the large-scale solar magnetic field.[23] The estimated period for the activity cycle of 18 Scorpii is about seven years,[7] which is significantly shorter than the Sun's, and its overall chromospheric activity level is noticeably higher.[22][24] Like the Sun, it has a hot corona with a temperature in the range of 1.5–2 MK and an X-ray luminosity of 8 ± 1.5 ergs s−1.[10]
Though 18 Scorpii is only slightly more metal-rich overall than the Sun, its lithium abundance is about three times as high; for this reason, Meléndez & Ramírez (2007) have suggested that 18 Scorpii be called a "quasi solar twin", reserving the term solar twin for stars (such as HIP 56948) that match the Sun, within the observational errors, for all parameters.[25]
Search for planets
18 Scorpii was identified in September 2003 by astrobiologist Margaret Turnbull from the University of Arizona in Tucson as one of the most promising nearby candidates for hosting life, based on her analysis of the HabCat list of stars. This is a solitary star,[26] and does not display the level of excess infrared emission that would otherwise suggest the presence of unconsolidated circumstellar matter, such as a debris disk.[27]
In a paper published in April 2017, a candidate planet was found orbiting 18 Scorpii (HD 146233) with a period of Template:Convert,[28] but subsequent studies in 2020 and 2023 found that the radial velocity signal originates from a stellar activity cycle.[29][30]Template:Rp However, in 2023 evidence of a different candidate planet was found, which would be of super-Earth mass with a period of 19.9 days.[30]Template:Rp The same planet was detected in 2025.[31]
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References
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