HD 240237

{{Starbox observe

| epoch = J2000

| constell = Cassiopeia

| ra = {{RA|23|15|42.22430}}

| dec = {{Dec|+58|02|35.6728}}

| appmag_v = 8.19

}}

{{Starbox character

| type =

| class = K2III

| b-v = {{Val|1.682|0.029}}

| variable =

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{{Starbox astrometry

| radial_v = {{Val|−24.46|0.12}}

| prop_mo_ra = −0.146

| prop_mo_dec = −4.446

| parallax = 1.0841

| p_error = 0.0150

| parallax_footnote =

| absmag_v = −2.5

}}

{{Starbox detail

| source =

| mass = {{Val|1.69|0.42}} or 0.61

| radius = 95

| luminosity = 2,745

| temperature = 4,361

| metal_fe = {{Val|−0.26|0.07}}

| rotation = ≥ {{Val|1010|u=days}}

| age_myr = 270

}}

{{Starbox catalog

| names = {{odlist | BD=+57°2714 | HD=240237 | HIP=114840 | SAO=35269|2MASS=J23154222+5802358}}

}}

{{Starbox reference

| Simbad = HD+240237

}}

HD 240237 is a star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is an orange star that can be viewed with binoculars or a small telescope, but is too faint to be seen with the naked eye at an apparent visual magnitude of 8.19. This object is located at a distance of approximately 3,000 light years away from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −24 km/s.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K2III; a star that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 95 times the radius of the Sun. S. Gettel and associates (2011) estimate the star is around 270 million years old with 1.7 times the mass of the Sun. However, S. G. Sousa and associates found a much lower mass of 0.61 times the mass of the Sun. It is radiating 1,244 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,361 K.

Planetary system

In 2011, Gettel et al. announced the discovery of a planet orbiting this star. They estimated a mass around 5 times that of Jupiter, with an orbital period of {{Convert|745.7|days|years|disp=out|abbr=off}} and a moderate eccentricity. Sousa et al. (2015) gave a much lower estimate of {{Val|1.53|ul=Jupiter mass}}. The designation b for this object, derives from the order of discovery. The designation of b is given to the first planet orbiting a given star, followed by the other lowercase letters of the alphabet. In the case of HD 240237, there was only one planet, so only the letter b is used.

{{OrbitboxPlanet begin

| table_ref =

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{{Orbitbox planet

| exoplanet = b

| mass = 5.3

| period = {{Val|745.7|13.8}}

| semimajor = 1.9

| eccentricity = {{Val|0.4|0.1}}

}}

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite journal |bibcode=2012AstL...38..331A |title=XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation |last1=Anderson |first1=E. |last2=Francis |first2=Ch. |journal=Astronomy Letters |date=2012 |volume=38 |issue=5 |page=331 |doi=10.1134/S1063773712050015 |arxiv=1108.4971 }}

{{Cite journal

| title=Substellar-Mass Companions to the K-Giants HD 240237, BD +48 738 and HD 96127

| journal=The Astrophysical Journal

| volume=745 | pages=28 | year=2011

| display-authors=1 | last1=Gettel | first1=S.

| last2=Wolszczan | first2=A. | last3=Niedzielski | first3=A.

| last4=Nowak | first4=G. | last5=Adamów | first5=M.

| last6=Zieliński | first6=P. | last7=Maciejewski | first7=G.

| issue=1

| bibcode=2012ApJ...745...28G | arxiv=1110.1641

| doi=10.1088/0004-637X/745/1/28 | s2cid=119116402

}}

{{cite journal

| title=Homogeneous spectroscopic parameters for bright planet host stars from the northern hemisphere . The impact on stellar and planetary mass

| display-authors=1 | last1=Sousa | first1=S. G.

| last2=Santos | first2=N. C. | last3=Mortier | first3=A.

| last4=Tsantaki | first4=M. | last5=Adibekyan | first5=V.

| last6=Delgado Mena | first6=E. | last7=Israelian | first7=G.

| last8=Rojas-Ayala | first8=B. | last9=Neves | first9=V.

| journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics

| volume=576 | id=A94 | pages=8 | date=April 2015

| doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201425227 | arxiv=1503.02443

| bibcode=2015A&A...576A..94S | s2cid=73575554 }}

{{cite journal |bibcode=2012A&A...547A..91Z |title=The Penn State-Toruń Centre for Astronomy Planet Search stars. I. Spectroscopic analysis of 348 red giants |last1=Zieliński |first1=P. |last2=Niedzielski |first2=A. |last3=Wolszczan |first3=A. |last4=Adamów |first4=M. |last5=Nowak |first5=G. |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |date=2012 |volume=547 |pages=A91 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201117775 |arxiv=1206.6276 }}

{{cite arXiv

| title=On the naming convention used for multiple star systems and extrasolar planets

| display-authors=1 | last1=Hessman | first1=F. V.

| last2=Dhillon | first2=V. S. | last3=Winget | first3=D. E.

| last4=Schreiber | first4=M. R. | last5=Horne | first5=K.

| last6=Marsh | first6=T. R. | last7=Guenther | first7=E.

| last8=Schwope | first8=A. | last9=Heber | first9=U.

| date=2010 | eprint=1012.0707 | class=astro-ph.SR }}

}}

Category:K-type giants

Category:Planetary systems with one confirmed planet

Category:Cassiopeia (constellation)

Category:Durchmusterung objects

240237

114840

J23154222+5802358