HD 46588
{{Short description|Star in the constellation Camelopardalis}}
{{Starbox begin
| name = HD 46588
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{{Starbox observe
| constell = Camelopardalis
| dec = {{DEC|+79|33|53.3185}}
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{{Starbox character
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{{Starbox astrometry
| parallax = 54.9380
| p_error = 0.0595
| prop_mo_ra = −99.163
| prop_mo_dec = −604.042
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{{Starbox detail
| source =
| age_gyr = 1.27{{±|1.65|0.22}}
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{{Starbox catalog
| names = 23 H. Camelopardalis, {{odlist|GJ = 240.1|AG = +79°200|BD = +79°212|GC = 8711|HD = 46588|HR = 2401|HIP = 32439|SAO = 5946|WDS = J06462+7934A}}
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{{Starbox reference
| Simbad = HR+2401
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HD 46588 (HR 2401; Gliese 240.1) is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation Camelopardalis. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.44, allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye. The object is relatively close at a distance of only 59 light years but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of {{val|15|ul=km/s}}.
HD 46588 is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star with a spectral classification of F7 V. It has 113% the mass of the Sun and 119% its radius. It shines at 182% the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,273 K, giving it a yellow white glow. Isochronic measurements place HD 46588's age at 1.27 billion years, but it's poorly constrained. The star's metallicity is 76% that of the Sun and spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of {{val|6.63|ul=km/s}}.
Due to the star's close proximity to Earth and similarity to the Sun, it has been well studied by astronomers. No planets have been found, but a brown dwarf companion was discovered in a WISE survey in 2011. It has a mass of {{val|67.04|8.38|19.90|ul=Jupiter masses}} and a temperature of 1360{{±|50|80}} K. An infrared excess has been discovered around HD 46588, indicating a cold debris disk with a temperature of 60 K.
{{OrbitboxPlanet begin
| period_unit = year
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{{OrbitboxPlanet disk
| disk = dust disk
| mass_earth = 1.40 × 10−5
| apoapsis = 26.34
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References
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{{Cite Gaia EDR3|1141280704422528128}}
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{{Stars of Camelopardalis}}