4 Ursae Majoris
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | Template:RA[1] |
| Declination | Template:DEC[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.620[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K2 III[3] |
| U−B Template:Engvar | +1.193[2] |
| B−V Template:Engvar | +1.159[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +14.62[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: Script error: No such module "val". mas/yr[1] Dec.: Script error: No such module "val". mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 13.2035±0.1164 mas[1] |
| Distance | Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.150[3] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.234 ± 0.15[5] Template:Solar mass |
| Radius | Script error: No such module "val".[6] Template:Solar radius |
| Luminosity | Script error: No such module "val".[6] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.8 ± 0.15[5] cgs |
| Temperature | Script error: No such module "val".[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.25 ± 0.04[5] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 8[7] km/s |
| Age | 4.18 ± 1.95[3] Gyr |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | {{{metal_fe2}}} dex |
| Other designations | |
| π2 Ursae Majoris, π2 UMa, Pi2 UMa, 4 Ursae Majoris, BD+64°698, FK5 2677, GC 11850, HD 73108, HIP 42527, HR 3403, PPM 16713, SAO 14616 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
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4 Ursae Majoris (sometimes abbreviated 4 UMa) is the Flamsteed designation of a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It also bears the Bayer designation of Pi2 Ursae Majoris (Pi2 UMa, π2 Ursae Majoris, π2 UMa) and is traditionally named Muscida. With an apparent visual magnitude of +4.6,[2] this star is visible from suburban or darker skies based upon the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale. From parallax measurements made during the Gaia mission, this star is at a distance of Script error: No such module "convert". from Earth.[1] since 2011[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., one extrasolar planet has been confirmed to be orbiting the star.
Properties
This star has a stellar classification of K2 III,[3] indicating that, at an estimated age of around four billion years,[3] it is an evolved star that has reached the giant stage. It has a mass about 1.2 times larger than the Sun, but has expanded to 18 times the Sun's girth.[5] The effective temperature of the star's outer atmosphere is Script error: No such module "val"..[5] This heat gives it the cool, orange-hued glow of a K-type star.[8]
Pi2 Ursae Majoris is a member of the Milky Way galaxy's thin disk population. It is following an orbit through the galaxy with an eccentricity of 0.10, which carries it as close to the Galactic Center as Script error: No such module "convert". and as far as Template:Cvt. The inclination of this orbit lies close to the galactic plane, so it departs this plane by no more than Template:Cvt.[3]
Planetary system
Based upon observed radial velocity changes in the star, in 2007 the presence of a planetary companion was announced. The planet, designated 4 Ursae Majoris b, is at least seven times more massive than Jupiter. Its orbit is eccentric, orbiting 4 Ursae Majoris at 87% the distance from Sun to Earth. Compared to the Sun, this star has a lower abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium, what astronomers term the star's metallicity. This is curious, because most main-sequence stars with planets tend to have a higher abundance of metals.[5]
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Naming and etymology
With π1, σ1, σ2, ρ, A and d, it composed the Arabic asterism Al Ṭhibā᾽, the Gazelle.[9] According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars, Al Ṭhibā were the title for seven stars: A as Althiba I, π1 as Althiba II, this star (π2) as Althiba III, ρ as Althiba IV, σ1 as Althiba V, σ2 as Althiba VI, and d as Althiba VII.[10]
See also
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