Xi Serpentis
{{Short description|Triple star system in the constellation Serpens}}
{{Starbox begin
| name = ξ Serpentis
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{{Starbox image
| image=
{{Location mark
|image=Serpens constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280
|label=|position=right
|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=10|mark_link=ξ Ser
|x=369|y=743
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|caption=Location of ξ Serpentis (circled)
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{{Starbox observe
| epoch = J2000.0
| constell = Serpens
| dec = {{DEC|-15|23|54.7940}}
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{{Starbox character
| class = {{nowrap|A9 IIIp Sr}}
| r-i =
| variable =
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{{Starbox astrometry
| radial_v = {{Val|−42.8|0.7}}
| parallax = 30.98
| p_error = 0.19
}}
{{Starbox orbit
| period_unitless = 2.2923 d
| eccentricity = 0.00
| periastron = 2419210.191 JD
| k1 = 19.4
}}
{{Starbox detail
| source =
| component1 = ξ Ser Aa
| temperature = {{Val|7217|41|fmt=commas}}
| component2 = ξ Ser Ab
}}
{{Starbox catalog
| names = {{odlist | B=ξ Ser | F=55 Serpentis | BD=−15°4621 | FK5=658 | HD=159876 | HIP=86263 | HR=6561 | SAO=160700 }}
}}
{{Starbox reference
| Simbad = ksi+Ser
}}
{{Starbox end}}
Xi Serpentis, Latinized from ξ Serpentis, is a triple star system in the Serpens Cauda (tail) section of the equatorial constellation Serpens. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 30.98 mas as seen from Earth, it is located 105.3 light years from the Sun. The star system is visible to the naked eye with a base apparent visual magnitude of +3.54. It is moving closer to the Sun and will make perihelion passage at a distance of {{Convert|8.2|pc|ly|order=flip|abbr=on}} in around 690,000 years.
The inner pair form a single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 2.29 days following a circular orbit. The primary, component Aa, has a visual magnitude of 3.54. It is a white-hued G-type giant star with a stellar classification of {{nowrap|A9 IIIp Sr}}. This indicates it is a chemically peculiar Ap star with an abnormal abundance of strontium. The primary has around double the mass of the Sun, while its close companion, component Ab, has only 18% of the Sun's mass.
The third member, component B, is a magnitude 13.0 common proper motion companion. As of 2012, it was located at an angular separation of 24 arc seconds along a position angle of 78° from the inner pair. It has about 27% of the Sun's mass and an estimated orbital period of 14,763 years.
Name
In Chinese, Tiān Shì Zuǒ Yuán ({{lang|zh|天市左垣}}), meaning Left Wall of Heavenly Market Enclosure, refers to an asterism which represents eleven old states (and region) in China and which marks the left borderline of the enclosure, consisting of ξ Serpentis, δ Herculis, λ Herculis, μ Herculis, ο Herculis, 112 Herculis, ζ Aquilae, η Serpentis, θ1 Serpentis, ν Ophiuchi and η Ophiuchi.{{in lang|zh}} 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, {{ISBN|978-986-7332-25-7}}. Consequently, the Chinese name for ξ Serpentis itself is {{lang|zh-Latn|Tiān Shì Zuǒ Yuán shí}} ({{lang|zh|天市左垣十}}, {{langx|en|the Tenth Star of Left Wall of Heavenly Market Enclosure}}), representing the region of Nanhai (南海, lit. meaning southern sea){{in lang|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0606/ap060623.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 23 日] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515003305/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0606/ap060623.html |date=2021-05-15 }}{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/e_research_chinengstarzone_b.htm#HeavenlyMarketEnclosure English-Chinese Glossary of Chinese Star Regions, Asterisms and Star Name] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810114313/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/e_research_chinengstarzone_b.htm#HeavenlyMarketEnclosure |date=August 10, 2010 }}, Hong Kong Space Museum. Accessed on line November 23, 2010.
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Category:Spectroscopic binaries