HD 53143

HD 53143

Template:CSS image crop A millimetre image of the disk with the REASONS survey
Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Carina
Right ascension	Template:RA
Declination	Template:DEC
Apparent magnitude (V)	6.80
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	main sequence
Spectral type	G9 V
U−B Template:Engvar	+0.43
B−V Template:Engvar	+0.80
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+21.3 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −161.873 mas/yr Dec.: +264.836 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	54.5252±0.0145 mas
Distance	Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	6.30
Details
Radius	Template:Solar radius
Luminosity	0.7 Template:Solar luminosity
Temperature	5,224 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	0.22 dex
Rotation	days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	km/s
Age	Gyr
Metallicity [Fe/H]	{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
GJ 260, CD−61°1535, HD 53143, LTT 2715, SAO 249700, HIP 33690
Database references
SIMBAD	data

HD 53143 is a star in the Carina constellation, located from the Earth. With an apparent visual magnitude of 6.80, this star is a challenge to view with the naked eye even under ideal viewing conditions.

Using the technique of gyrochronology, which measures the age of a low-mass star based on its rotation, HD 53143 is about old. Depending on the source, the stellar classification for this star is G9 V or K1V, placing it near the borderline between G-type and K-type main sequence stars. In either case, it is generating energy through the thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen at its core. This star is smaller than the Sun, with about 85% of the Sun's radius. It is emitting only 70% of the Sun's luminosity. The effective temperature of the star's outer envelope is cooler than the Sun at , giving it a golden-orange hue.

Debris disk

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Debris disk around the star HD 53143 by the Hubble Space Telescope. The star itself has been hidden by the camera coronograph to make the disk visible.

Based upon an excess of infrared emission, a circumstellar debris disk has been found in this system. This disk is inclined at an angle of about 40–50° to the line of sight from the Earth and it has an estimated mass of more than . (For comparison, the mass of the Moon is .) This is one of the oldest known debris disk systems and hence may be replenished through the collision of larger bodies. The observed inner edge of the disk is at a distance of (AU) from the host star, while it stretches out to twice that distance, or . This debris disk may extend outside this range, as the measurements are limited by the sensitivity of the instruments. The dust appears evenly distributed with no indication of clumping. The eccentricity of the ring is also one of the highest known, at 0.21.